The Statement of Cash Flows provides information about your company's cash receipts and cash payments over a defined period, such as a month. This report enables you to compare your company's cash balance at the beginning of the month to its cash balance at the end. Microsoft Small Business Financials allows you to easily create, modify, print, or export such a report. This page explains how. You can use the Financial Reports Setup window in Microsoft Small Business Financials to create or modify the Statement of Cash Flows, add one or more of the optional columns to the statement, and change the report's layout. The following table lists the required and optional columns for the Statement of Cash Flows: Description | Current Budget | Current Period | YTD Budget | Year to Date (YTD) | Current History | | YTD History |
To create a monthly Statement of Cash Flows, follow these steps: 1. | On the Accounting menu, click Reports. This opens the Financial Reports Setup window. | 2. | Click New Report. | 3. | Enter Monthly Cash Flows in the Report box, and then select Statement of Cash Flows as the report type. | 4. | Click Save. |
To modify a monthly Statement of Cash Flows, follow these steps: 1. | On the Tools menu, click Advanced Financial Report Layout to open the Advanced Financial Reports window. | 2. | Select Monthly Cash Flows from the list of reports, and then click Open. | 3. | Click Layout. | 4. | Modify or create the necessary columns. | 5. | On the File menu, click Save. |
To print or export a monthly Statement of Cash Flows, follow these steps: 1. | On the Accounting menu, click Reports. | 2. | From the Reports list, select Monthly Cash Flows, and then click Options. | 3. | To create a report option, enter or select an option name. Note: Refer to your General Ledger documentation for more information about report options. | 4. | Select the print format. | 5. | Click Destination, select a printing destination, and then click OK. | 6. | In the Financial Statement Report window, click Print or Excel. | 7. | Click Save. |
Troy Aipperspach is a technical lead for Microsoft Small Business Financials support. He has been a part of the Microsoft Dynamics support team since 1997. The Microsoft products he has supported over the years include Great Plains Accounting, Great Plains, FRx, Retail Management System, and Small Business Financials. In his free time, Troy enjoys a good day of fishing, even if the fish aren't biting.
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