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Balance Sheet

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Written by Marie Burgess

The Balance Sheet report provides a snapshot of your firm's financial position at a specific point in time. It summarizes your assets, liabilities, and equity, giving you a clear view of your firm’s financial health. This report is especially useful for internal reviews, preparing financial statements, or sharing data with your accountant.​

Before generating a Balance Sheet report, please confirm the following:

  • Ensure your Operating Accounting has been set up and fully onboarded.
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  • Verify that all relevant payments and journal entries have been entered and correctly categorized.​
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.Access the Balance Sheet report using the following steps:

  1. Navigate to Reports > Accounting to view the list of Operating Accounting reports.
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  2. Select Balance Sheet from the list.
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  3. The Balance Sheet will display current year-to-date balances by default, reflecting financial position as of the selected end date.​

Using Filters

  1. Use the Report Period dropdown or manually change the Start Date and End Date, then click Apply to refresh the report.
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  2. Use the Compare Another Period dropdown to view changes across multiple time periods (e.g., current vs. prior year).
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    • An additional column will appear to the right with the balances you wish to compare.
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  3. Use the Display columns by option to change the layout of your results to include additional columns for Month, Quarter or Year.
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  4. Choose to show only active rows and columns, or include all rows and columns, including those with zero balances.
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  5. To show Trust Account balances as assets and liabilities in the Balance Sheet, enable the Show Trust Account(s) filter.

Print and Export

  1. To generate a PDF version of the report, click the Print icon.
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    • This will download a PDF file for your review.
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  2. To export the report as an Excel (.xlsx) file, click the Export icon
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    • This will download an Excel file for your review.​

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