Accounting and reports
Read your reports, keep the ledger right, and close the books when the month is done.
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Common tasks
- Review the Chart of Accounts Find account names, codes and categories in your company account catalog. 1 min
- Review existing opening balances Find general-ledger and contact opening balances before planning a change. 1 min
- Find manual journals and inspect a journal form Review the manual journal list and the details of a journal before making changes. 1 min
- Review an existing month-end review Open the saved review for a specific period and profile and read its checks. 1 min
- Review dividends and start a declaration Find dividend records and inspect the first declaration step. 1 min
Find and read reports
- Read the Account Transactions report Review transaction details for selected accounts and dates. 1 min
- Review Aged Payables See outstanding vendor balances grouped by age at a selected date. 1 min
- Review Aged Receivables See outstanding customer balances grouped by age at a selected date. 1 min
- Read the Balance Sheet Review account balances at a selected date and compare them with another period. 1 min
- Read the Cashflow Statement Review cash-flow presentation for a chosen period and comparison. 1 min
- Review the Customer Statements list Find customer statement balances for a selected period. 1 min
- Read the Detail General Ledger Inspect ledger entries by account with opening, movement and closing balances. 1 min
- Review fixed-asset movement and reconciliation reports Compare asset movements and the asset register with reported accounting balances. 1 min
- Read the Journal Report Find journal details for a selected period without changing the journals. 1 min
- Review Owner's Money Find the owner-money balance view and understand its empty state. 1 min
- Read the Profit & Loss report Review income and expense presentation for a chosen period and comparison. 1 min
- Read the Trial Balance Review account debit and credit balances through a selected date. 1 min
- Review the Vendor Statements list Find vendor statement balances for a selected period. 1 min
Snapshots, forecasts and management reports
- Find your Cashflow Forecast scenarios Open the forecast workspace and identify the scenario and date range being displayed. 1 min
- Find management reports and understand draft status Review saved management reports and distinguish an unpublished draft from an issued version. 1 min
- Review your Business Snapshot Check the reporting period before reading business summary figures. 1 min
Chart of accounts, journals and opening balances
Close the books
Foreign currency
- Review a bank revaluation preview Check a dated foreign-currency revaluation calculation before posting. 1 min
- Review Realised Gains and Losses Filter realised gains and losses by period, source type and currency. 1 min
- Review your workspace currencies Currencies lists the currency names and symbols configured for your workspace, including the currency marked Base Currency. 1 min
Fixed assets
Dividends and funding
- Find and inspect funding bodies Open the funding-body register and locate the separate create and detail screens. 1 min
- Find and inspect funding claims Open the claim register and review an existing claim. 1 min
- Read your funding overview Compare funding totals, claim status and funding-body summaries. 1 min