Reports
Financial statements, aging, consolidation, budgets, and report packages.
The reports hub
Every report Books produces, what each one answers, and the two things that change what a report shows: scope and date range.
ReferenceBusiness owners, Bookkeepers, Firm staff, Portal clients
Reading the Profit & Loss
How the statement is built, what gross margin tells you, why cash and profit differ, and the checks worth running before believing a month.
ConceptBusiness owners, Bookkeepers, Portal clients, Firm staff
Reading the Balance Sheet
Why it always balances, what each section tells you, and the account-by-account review that catches most bookkeeping errors.
ConceptBusiness owners, Bookkeepers, Portal clients, Firm staff
Cash Flow and why profit is not cash
The three activity sections, how to trace the gap between net income and the change in cash, and what to do about it.
ConceptBusiness owners, Portal clients, Bookkeepers
Trial Balance and the general ledger report
The two reports you use to trace a number back to its source — and the workflow for chasing an unexpected balance to the entry that caused it.
How-toBookkeepers, Firm staff
A/R and A/P aging
Reading the aging buckets, using them for collections and payment planning, and keeping them tied to the control accounts.
How-toBusiness owners, Bookkeepers, Portal clients, Firm staff
Consolidation and eliminations
How multi-entity reporting works, why intercompany balances must be eliminated, and how to read the consolidated statement you hand to a lender.
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Budgets and budget vs. actual
Building a budget worth comparing against, how variance is calculated, and reviewing it so the conversation is about causes rather than numbers.
How-toBusiness owners, Bookkeepers, Firm staff
Report packages and management reporting
Assembling the standard statement set for a lender or a board, and what the management dashboard and tax summary are each for.
How-toFirm staff, Bookkeepers, Business owners