Article ID: 8265

General Ledger Statement Overview

The General Ledger Statement lists all financial accounting transactions in PCLaw. The report shows the debits and credits to each G/L account and their opening and closing balances. The balances that appear on the other Financial Statements (G/L Statements) reflect the entries that post to the General Ledger.

Take the following steps to run the General Ledger Statement:

  1. Click G/L and select G/L Statements... to open the Statements window.
  2. Click to check the General Ledger box under the Statement Selection options.
    NOTE: Click to uncheck the Trial Balance, Income Statement, and Balance Sheet boxes if you only want to run the General Ledger.
  3. Enter a G/L template name in the Template box.
  4. Select Range from the G/L Account Selections box.
  5. Select First Current Asset from the Start drop-down list.
  6. Select Last Expense from the End drop-down list.
  7. Enter the period start and end dates in the Current Report Period date boxes.
    NOTE: Click Use Previous to run the report for the same dates as the last statement you ran. Click Default to run the report for the next open period.
  8. Click to check the Detailed box to show each debit and credit on the report or uncheck it to only show balances for each G/L account.
    NOTE: Summarized G/L accounts only show a summary of debits and credits on the report, even when you check the Detailed box.
  9. Select Output options.
  10. Use the Other tab to select additional report options.
  11. Click OK to generate the report.
    NOTE: Click Yes if you get the Do you want to re-read G/L information? prompt.