Financial Statements Overview

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This menu option allows the creation and maintenance of Financial Statement Layouts.  LayoutTypes include:

•  Balance Sheet Statements
• Profit and LossA financial document, showing earnings, expenses, and net profit. also called an income statement or earnings report. Statements
• Cash Flow Statements
• Supporting Schedules Statements both in Balance SheetA financial statement that presents the firm's assets, liabilities and owner's equity as of a particular date (the date of the statement). Also known as a Statement of Financial Condition. and Profit and Loss format.

Following the entry of a Financial StatementCode,  FinancialStatement Description and defining the Layout Type, the user creates the Financial Statement Layouts through line-by-line definition using Properties.  Available Properties vary slightly depending on the Financial Statement Type being defined.

Property Types

Listed below are links to property types that can be utilized in Financial Statements.

• Account - Allows the selection and formatting of Accounts.
• Text - Allows selection and formatting of Text Codes.
• Literal - Allows entry and formatting of free text (i.e., literals).
• LF (Line Feed) - Forces a blank line in a statement.
• FF (Form Feed) - Forces a new page in statement.
• BSNI - Calculates Balance Sheet Net Income or Loss.
• PAT - Print Accumulated Totals.  Used in conjunction with Account when account values are ‘accumulated’ for later printing using this property.
• SUB1 - SUB9 - Allows creation of sub-total breaks 1-9.
• CLR1 - CLR9 - Allows clearing of sub-total breaks 1-9.
• Legend - Prints predefined Legend depending on Statement Type being defined. Used to underline  NumericA value that may contain numbers only (no letters or symbols) columns.  Typically used with statement sub-totals and grand totals.
• UNDRLN - Allows creation of underlines in blank column/rows.
• SR/ER - Start Ratio/End Ratio:  Used with Profit and Loss Statement Types only.

Additional Information

• Importing/Exporting Financial Statements
• Find Financial Statement Layouts

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