Profit and Loss

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On the Profit & Loss tab run an extremely powerful P&L analysis based on the following query criteria, based on the company (or companies) selected.

 

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Period or Date Range:

 

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Choose either to run P&L report views by accounting periods or for a specific date range. Click the calendar icon transdateicon to choose other date ranges, such as Today, This Week, This Month, Last Year, Last Quarter, etc.

 

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The P&L can be run just for a specific branch (if branches are enabled) and sub-branch, company or database (the structure of the general ledger must be the same in all databases), or run a P&L for all or some companies by selecting the companies required in the Companies field.

 

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In Style pick what P&L information to look at:

 

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Standard – monthly views.

YTD Comparison – will provide a running total of how the business has been performing from the start of the financial year.

Previous Year Comparison – This will compare this time last year with right now.

Budget Comparison – This will compare how the business is performing now to a designated budget. Choose a budget from the drop down options to compare to for this to work.

Budget Only – Through this look at budget/contracted P&L.

Budget and YTD Comparison – Compares budget and year to date side by side.

Display – Specify what time period to sort the P&L by: Total Only, Daily, Yearly, Monthly, Quarterly, Yearly, Yearly (Financial).

Group By – If Branches or Sub-Branches are being used, grouping the P&L by them is possible. Options are: Branch, Sub-Branch, GL Department, Database.

Offset – Offset comparisons by year from 9 to -9.

General Ledger Levels – Set how many levels down for the P&L to look at.

Include 13th Period – Include 13th period in the general ledger.

Show Account Numbers/Show Zero Balances/Show Cents – Yes/No?

 

After these options have been set up, run the P&L. This is a standard P&L Report displaying monthly:

 

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And this is a P&L using Budget Comparison showing Quarterly.

 

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When running a budget comparison, Jim2 will display a change in $ and a change in % columns.

 

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By right clicking on the figures, select Hide the Change Columns, do a drill down via Account inquiry or General Ledger to see what transactions make up these figures.

 

Right click within the grid and select Export Data to export to a spreadsheet, HTML, XML or text file.

 

Further information

Multi-Company

Security

Set up and Use Multi-Company

Company Accounts

CardFiles, Jobs, Quotes, Purchase Orders

Inter-Company Stock Availability and Usage

Close Financial Year

Business Analysis

Balance Sheet

Profit and Loss

Budgets