QuickBooks Online Accountants are able to create simplified financial statements by combining the existing Workpapers product with a new seamless workflow called “Groupings & statements”, allowing the creation of financial statements in just a few steps.
Groupings & statements users can:
- Create and organise groups for financial statements (for example, balance sheets and Income Statement)
- Deliver timely communication to firm users by adding notes to groups and accounts
- Work collaborative and seamlessly within their firm by adding attachments to groups and accounts
- Save time by utilising the “drag-and-drop” functionality
- Quickly share financial statement details with clients and colleagues by using the “export to Excel” and “export to PDF” functionalities
Accessing Groupings & statements
- Sign in to the QuickBooks Online Accountant.
- Open a client company.
- Select the Workpapers option in the Accounting Review menu.
- Select the tax year review (for example, 2018).
- Select Grouping & statements:
The trial balance details display.
Modifying attachments
Users have the ability to delete or modify the attached file. You can apply the option of “Delete” or “download” to the file.
Using the drag-and-drop functionality
Users can add other accounts to a group using the “drag-and-drop” functionality:
- Select the accounts to group.
- Drag the account into a new group using the option highlighted below:
The account is added to the group.
You can add additional notes and attachments or “ungroup” by selecting the Update option.
Exporting financial statements
You can export reports to Excel in order to make additional changes, as well as generate a detailed report with the following:
- Notice to Reader (NTR)
- Balance Sheet
- Simplified Income Statement
Go to Run report and select the Export as excel:
The report exports to an Excel sheet with designated tabs:
