CREATIVE SOLUTIONS ACCOUNTING
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When generating transfer files to send to your CBS client, all of the following information is included in the transfer file when you select Financial Statement Information:
- Chart of Accounts
- Account balances as of the current GL period in CSA
- GL locations/departments (if applicable)
- GL account groups from Accountant's Assistant (a subset of the CSA account groups)
- Dates of the posting periods
- Setup options from both the CheckWriter tab and the Financial Statements tabs of the Setup > Miscellaneous Information dialog
CBS uses the current GL period in CSA to determine the starting point from which to post CBS transactions. Before you generate financial statement information for the client, verify that the GL date in CSA is set for the last completed period. (Note that the CSA period can be before the client's current export date.)
When the CBS client imports the financial statement information, CBS posts any transactions dated after the GL date within CSA, based on the Post Date for Transactions setting on the Financial Statements tab of the Setup > Miscellaneous Information dialog in Accountant's Assistant. However, if the GL date in CSA is in a period for which the client has already exported data and you have not yet processed data for that period in CSA, the activity for that period will not be available to the client in CBS.
Example, CBS Financial Statements setup for a new CBS client
Assumptions: The accountant has completed processing for the client's October data and has advanced the GL period in CSA to November because that is the first period for which the client will enter data in CBS.
Actions and results
- The accountant sets the GL period end date in CSA to 11/30/04 and generates the transfer files (with Financial Statement Information) to send to the client.
- The client completes the Import from Accountant process and begins processing CBS transactions for November.
- CBS posts all transactions not already exported.
- When the client exports November data, CBS retains the transaction balances.
Example, CBS Financial Statements setup for an existing CBS client
Assumptions: The accountant needs to transfer financial statement information to the client to update some of the account groups and update the financial statement header/footer text. The client has already exported data for November. The accountant has completed processing for the client's October data and advanced the period to November but has not yet retrieved the client's export data for November.
Actions and results
- The accountant sets the GL period end date in CSA back to 10/31/04 and generates the transfer files (with Financial Statement Information) to send to the client.
- The client completes the Import from Accountant process and begins processing CBS transactions for December.
- After importing the financial statement information (even if the client has already exported November transactions), CBS uses October as the posting start date and posts the November transactions.
If the accountant used the 11/30/04 GL date setting in CSA while generating the transfer files, CBS would have assumed that November information from CSA was included with the Import from Accountant and, therefore, CBS would have posted the client's December transactions but not the November transactions.
Related topics
How the date options selected in Accountant's Assistant affect the posting of transactions in CBS
Setup > Miscellaneous Information > Financial Statements tab
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