Brief description
Accounting is the process of recording and tracking financial statements to see the financial health of an entity. This is done by inputting, sorting, measuring, and then communicating transactions in various formats. Accounting consists of bookkeeping and analysis. Bookkeeping, or financial accounting, consists of recording transactions, which can include purchases, sales, and receipts of an individual or an organization. Once the bookkeeper records and organizes all of the transactions, the next step of accounting is to analyze these transactions into helpful reports which will show the state of one’s finances. These reports can include profit/loss statements, cash flow reports, and can track sales tax to keep a close eye on what is owed come tax time. With small business accounting done right, small business owner will be able to have a clear understanding of the state of your finances so you can make better decisions based on what you have available.
The benefits of a Accounting & Bookkeeping module
Using this module helps in relieving the burden of manual data entry, prevents common human errors, helps businesses and accountants when tax time comes around and allows the user to look at in-depth reports of how their business’ finances are faring. Perhaps the biggest advantage of this module is all of the time it will save. With this module, all of their financial reports will be consolidated into one online system, making it easier to keep track of their records. An accounting module for businesses offers the ability to automate many processes which will not only save time but will also ensure accuracy and efficiency with one’s financial reports.
Module Features
- Dashboard: Profit & Loss Chart, Income Chart, Expense Chart, Cashflow Chart and Bank Accounts Overview
- Banking:
- Bank Accounts Management
- Banking Feeds: Download Transactions, Import Transactions, Add/Edit/Delete Transactions, Match/Ignore Transactions, Verify Account
- Transactions Management:
- Bills Management
- Checks Management
- Register is where you quickly enter money you have received from your customers and payments you have made to your suppliers or vendors
- Banking Rules: to automatically categorize transactions
- Journal Entry: to record transactions in the general ledger
- Transfer: to transfers of amounts between accounts
- Chart of Accounts: is a list of the account numbers and names relevant to your company. Typically, a chart of accounts will have four categories (Asset accounts, Liability accounts, Income accounts and Expense accounts).
- Reconcile: is the process of matching transactions entered into module against your bank or credit card statements
- Budgets Management: supports preparing budgets, which help you monitor, track, and compare expected income and expenses with actual income and expenses. When you prepare a budget, you typically prepare it for a fiscal year, and you can opt to supply budget amounts or use historical amounts
- Mapping Setup:
- General Mapping Setup
- Payslips Mapping Setup
- Purchase Mapping Setup
- Inventory Mapping Setup
- Manufacturing Mapping Setup
- Omni-channel Sales Mapping Setup
- Fixed Equipment Mapping Setup
- Business Overview Reports:
- Balance Sheet Comparison: what you own (assets), what you owe (liabilities), and what you invested (equity) compared to last year.
- Balance Sheet Detail: a detailed view of what you own (assets), what you owe (liabilities), and what you invested (equity).
- Balance Sheet Summary: a summary of what you own (assets), what you owe (liabilities), and what you invested (equity).
- Balance Sheet: what you own (assets), what you owe (liabilities), and what you invested (equity).
- Custom Summary Report: a report you build from scratch. With more options to customise.
- Profit and Loss as % of total income: your expenses as a percentage of your total income.
- Profit and Loss Comparison: your income, expenses, and net income (profit or loss) compared to last year.
- Profit and Loss Detail: profit and Loss Detail
- Monthly Profit and Loss: Your income, expenses, and net income (profit or loss). Statistics by month.
- Profit and Loss: your income, expenses, and net income (profit or loss). Also called an income statement.
- Statement of Cash Flows: cash flowing in and out from sales and expenses (operating activities), investments, and financing.
- Statement of Changes in Equity: statement of changes in equity.
- Bookkeeping Reports:
- Account list: the name, type, and balance for each account in your chart of accounts.
- Balance Sheet Comparison: what you own (assets), what you owe (liabilities), and what you invested (equity) compared to last year.
- Balance Sheet: what you own (assets), what you owe (liabilities), and what you invested (equity).
- General Ledger: the beginning balance, transactions, and total for each account in your chart of accounts.
- Journal: the debits and credits for each transaction, listed by date.
- Profit and Loss Comparison: your income, expenses, and net income (profit or loss) compared to last year.
- Profit and Loss: your income, expenses, and net income (profit or loss). Also called an income statement.
- Account history: account history
- Recent Transactions: Transactions you created or edited in the last 4 days.
- Statement of Cash Flows: cash flowing in and out from sales and expenses (operating activities), investments, and financing.
- Transaction Detail by Account: transactions and total for each account in your chart of accounts.
- Transaction List by Date: A list of all your transactions, ordered by date.
- Trial Balance: this report summarises the debit and credit balances of each account on your chart of accounts during a period of time.
- Reconciliation Summary: It will show your beginning and ending balances, as well as a list of which transactions were cleared and which were left uncleared when you reconciled.
- Reconciliation Detail
- Sales Tax Reports:
- Tax Detail Report: This report lists the transactions that are included in each box on the tax return. The report is based on accrual accounting unless you changed your tax reporting preference to cash basis.
- Tax Liability Report: How much sales tax you’ve collected and how much you owe to tax agencies.
- Tax Summary Report: This report shows you the summary information for each box of the tax return. The report is based on accrual accounting unless you changed your tax reporting preference to cash basis.
- Sales and Customers Reports:
- Deposit Detail: your deposits, with the date, customer or supplier, and amount.
- Income by Customer Summary: your income minus your expenses (net income) for each customer.
- Expenses and Suppliers Reports:
- Cheque Detail: The checks you’ve written, with the date, payee, and amount.
- Budgets Reports:
- Budget overview: this report summarises your budgeted account balances.
- Profit and Loss Budget vs Actual: this report shows how well you are meeting your budget. For each type of account, the report compares your budgeted amounts to your actual amounts.
- Profit and loss budget performance: this report compares actual amounts to budgeted amounts for the month, the fiscal year to date, and the annual budget.
- A/R Reports:
- Accounts Receivable Aging Summary: unpaid balances for each customer, grouped by days past due.
- Accounts Receivable Aging Detail: unpaid invoices, grouped by days past due.
- A/P Reports:
- Accounts Payable Aging Summary: the total amount of your unpaid bills, grouped by days past due.
- Accounts Payable Aging Detail: your unpaid bills, grouped by days past due.
- Settings:
- General
- Account Detail Types
- Plaid Environment Setup
- Income Statement Modification
- Currency Rates
