Learn how to complete your end of month reporting after you finish your bank reconciliation.
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End of month reporting at the time of completing trust bank reconciliation
With Smokeball Billing you have the ability to generate end-of-month reports quickly and easily at the time of completing your trust bank reconciliation as follows:
After selecting Reconcile from your trust bank reconciliation, you will receive the following prompt. Check the box Run end of Month Reporting then click Complete.
Your End of Month Report will now be found in the End of Month tab in the Accounts section.
End of month reporting at any time once reconciliation is complete
Once a reconciliation has been completed for a full month (must include the last day of the month), you can visit the End of Month Tab and select Run End of Month.
End of month reporting for a closed trust account
If your firm has marked a trust account as closed, but you need to access end-of-month reports for the account, reopen the account from Firm Settings.
- Select the gear icon from the top-right corner of Smokeball Billing, then select Firm Settings.
- Select the Accounts tab from the left menu, then click on Show closed accounts from the trust account list.
- Click on the closed trust account, then select Reopen account.
- Navigate back to the End of Month tab in the Accounts section of Smokeball Billing and select Run End of Month on that trust account.
- Once you have run the report, navigate back to Firm Settings to close the trust account again.