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Modules

General ledgerKeep a traceable ledger behind daily transactions and financial statements. Customer invoices and receiptsFollow customer invoices from issue through receipt allocation. Supplier bills and paymentsReview supplier bills and payment instructions before releasing money.
Bank reconciliationExplain the difference between bank activity and posted books. Expenses and period controlsKeep employee expenses and close decisions attached to their supporting records. Statements and tax reportingRead financial statements with a path back to their source entries.

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Processes

Transaction to financial statementsConnect customer invoices and confirmed receipts to balanced books and clear financial statements. Bill to paymentReview supplier bills, authorize payment and reconcile the resulting cash movement with your books.
Statement to reconciliationMatch bank activity to posted books and resolve differences before closing the period. Journal to closeReview expenses and journals, resolve outstanding differences and close the accounting period.

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Industries

Owner-managed businessesBusinesses that need reliable books without running a group consolidation programme. Professional service firmsService businesses managing customer invoices, supplier costs and employee expenses.
Trading and distribution businessesBusinesses reconciling customer receipts, supplier payments and bank accounts.

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Roles and permissionsGive each person the records and decisions their work requires. Reports and analyticsRead operational and financial results with their source context. Data modelSee the records and references behind the product.
AI and integrationsConnect the services that own the related business results. ImplementationConfigure the system around your business records and responsibilities. Proto configuration guideUse Proto to configure and maintain the same product described on this website.

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Modules
General ledgerKeep a traceable ledger behind daily transactions and financial statements.Customer invoices and receiptsFollow customer invoices from issue through receipt allocation.Supplier bills and paymentsReview supplier bills and payment instructions before releasing money.Bank reconciliationExplain the difference between bank activity and posted books.Expenses and period controlsKeep employee expenses and close decisions attached to their supporting records.Statements and tax reportingRead financial statements with a path back to their source entries.
Processes
Transaction to financial statementsConnect customer invoices and confirmed receipts to balanced books and clear financial statements.Bill to paymentReview supplier bills, authorize payment and reconcile the resulting cash movement with your books.Statement to reconciliationMatch bank activity to posted books and resolve differences before closing the period.Journal to closeReview expenses and journals, resolve outstanding differences and close the accounting period.
Industries
Owner-managed businessesBusinesses that need reliable books without running a group consolidation programme.Professional service firmsService businesses managing customer invoices, supplier costs and employee expenses.Trading and distribution businessesBusinesses reconciling customer receipts, supplier payments and bank accounts.
Reference
Roles and permissionsGive each person the records and decisions their work requires.Reports and analyticsRead operational and financial results with their source context.Data modelSee the records and references behind the product.AI and integrationsConnect the services that own the related business results.ImplementationConfigure the system around your business records and responsibilities.Proto configuration guideUse Proto to configure and maintain the same product described on this website.
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Transaction to financial statements1 of 4
  • Transaction to financial statements1 of 4
  • Bill to payment2 of 4
  • Statement to reconciliation3 of 4
  • Journal to close4 of 4

Transaction to financial statements

Connect customer invoices and confirmed receipts to balanced books and clear financial statements.

4 stages · 0 approvals

Roles and responsibilities

Controller / CFO AR Clerk Viewer System 1 Accounting setup ChartOfAccounts 2 Customer billing Invoices 3 Receipt allocation PaymentsReceived 4 Financial reporting JournalEntries
  1. Step 1Accounting setup
    Accounting Period ScheduleFuture
    Period NamePeriod TypeStart DateEnd Date
    Quarter
  2. Step 2Customer billing
    Open InvoicesSent
    Invoice NumberCustomerInvoice DateDue Date
  3. Step 3Receipt allocation
    Overdue ARSent
    Invoice NumberCustomerInvoice DateDue Date
  4. Step 4Financial reporting
    Recent Journal EntriesPosted
    Journal Entry NumberDateDescriptionSource
    AR
Red diamonds require approval.Rows show responsibility for each step.

Process steps

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01Accounting setup02Customer billing03Receipt allocation04Financial reporting

Accounting setup

Configure entity accounts, open periods, exchange-rate inputs, tax treatment and decision authority before importing opening balances.

Responsible
Controller / CFO
Records
ChartOfAccountsAccountingPeriodsCurrenciesTaxRates
Effect
Configure entity accounts, open periods, exchange-rate inputs, tax treatment and decision authority before importing opening balances
Accounting Period ScheduleAccountingPeriods
StatusFutureOpen
Future
AP-19929
AP-70324
AP-31266
Open
AP-24143
AP-99909
AP-78762

Customer billing

Prepare and issue invoices with frozen account, currency and tax mappings. Post the source-linked balanced journal once to an open period.

Responsible
AR Clerk
Records
InvoicesInvoiceItemsContacts
Effect
Prepare and issue invoices with frozen account, currency and tax mappings
Open InvoicesInvoices
StatusSentPartiallyPaidOverdue
Sent
INV-93104CUS-051
INV-77973CUS-089
PartiallyPaid
INV-64472CUS-047
INV-70249CUS-136
Overdue
INV-88902CUS-213
INV-30992CUS-077
Customer invoices and receipts →

Receipt allocation

Apply confirmed incoming money only within the customer, entity and currency. Protect available receipt and open invoice amounts atomically; keep excess funds unapplied.

Responsible
AR Clerk
Records
PaymentsReceivedInvoices
Effect
Apply confirmed incoming money only within the customer, entity and currency
Overdue ARInvoices
StatusSentPartiallyPaidOverdueoverdue
Sent
INV-36700CUS-008
INV-73836CUS-070
PartiallyPaid
INV-71029CUS-200
INV-31177CUS-106
Overdue
INV-51288CUS-020
INV-94610CUS-233

Financial reporting

Produce entity-scoped statements from posted ledger lines and aging from open document balances. Preserve reporting basis, dates and supporting drill-down; separate external filing acknowledgments.

Responsible
Viewer
Records
JournalEntriesJournalEntryLinesChartOfAccounts
Effect
Produce entity-scoped statements from posted ledger lines and aging from open document balances
Recent Journal EntriesJournalEntries
Posted
Journal Entry NumberDateDescriptionSourceTotal Debit
JE-5446104 SepIssue to WIPManual760
JE-2732206 SepCompletion at standardAR550
JE-5442003 SepGoods receiptAP430
JE-6033909 SepScrapExpense770
JE-2624614 SepBill matchBank540
JE-6030104 SepShipmentTax660
Statements and tax reporting →
Approvals and controls

0 approvals required in this process

  • Post balanced invoice entries only into an open periodThe correct entity, account and tax mappings.
  • Apply confirmed receipts within the customer and currencyProtecting both available cash and the invoice balance.
  • Leave excess receipts unappliedDerive financial statements from posted ledger lines.

Records and postings

StageRecordsEffect
1 Accounting setup ChartOfAccountsAccountingPeriodsCurrenciesTaxRates Configure entity accounts, open periods, exchange-rate inputs, tax treatment and decision authority before importing opening balances
2 Customer billing InvoicesInvoiceItemsContacts Prepare and issue invoices with frozen account, currency and tax mappings
3 Receipt allocation PaymentsReceivedInvoices Apply confirmed incoming money only within the customer, entity and currency
4 Financial reporting JournalEntriesJournalEntryLinesChartOfAccounts Produce entity-scoped statements from posted ledger lines and aging from open document balances
Data model →

Process reports

All reports

Income Statement (P&L)

Revenue, COGS, Operating Expenses, Other Income/Expense, Net Income for a date range. Month, QTD, YTD columns with prior-period comparatives.

Recent Journal EntriesJournalEntries
Posted
Journal Entry NumberDateDescriptionSourceTotal Debit
JE-5446104 SepIssue to WIPManual760
JE-2732206 SepCompletion at standardAR550
JE-5442003 SepGoods receiptAP430
JE-6033909 SepScrapExpense770
JE-2624614 SepBill matchBank540
JE-6030104 SepShipmentTax660

AR Aging

Open invoices bucketed 0–30 / 31–60 / 61–90 / 90+ days past due, by customer. Drives the dunning queue.

Overdue ARInvoices
StatusSentPartiallyPaidOverdueoverdue
Sent
INV-36700CUS-008
INV-73836CUS-070
PartiallyPaid
INV-71029CUS-200
INV-31177CUS-106
Overdue
INV-51288CUS-020
INV-94610CUS-233

Trial Balance

All GL accounts for a selected period with opening, debit/credit movement, and closing balances. Drills from summary account down to source JournalEntryLines. The anchor report — every other statement derives from it.

Recent Journal EntriesJournalEntries
Posted
Journal Entry NumberDateDescriptionSourceTotal Debit
JE-5446104 SepIssue to WIPManual760
JE-2732206 SepCompletion at standardAR550
JE-5442003 SepGoods receiptAP430
JE-6033909 SepScrapExpense770
JE-2624614 SepBill matchBank540
JE-6030104 SepShipmentTax660

Balance Sheet

Assets, Liabilities, Equity rolled up to summary accounts as of a selected date. Comparative current vs. prior period.

Recent Journal EntriesJournalEntries
Posted
Journal Entry NumberDateDescriptionSourceTotal Debit
JE-5446104 SepIssue to WIPManual760
JE-2732206 SepCompletion at standardAR550
JE-5442003 SepGoods receiptAP430
JE-6033909 SepScrapExpense770
JE-2624614 SepBill matchBank540
JE-6030104 SepShipmentTax660

Cash Flow Statement

Indirect method: operating, investing, financing activities derived from Balance Sheet movement plus non-cash reconciliations. Period and YTD.

Recent Journal EntriesJournalEntries
Posted
Journal Entry NumberDateDescriptionSourceTotal Debit
JE-5446104 SepIssue to WIPManual760
JE-2732206 SepCompletion at standardAR550
JE-5442003 SepGoods receiptAP430
JE-6033909 SepScrapExpense770
JE-2624614 SepBill matchBank540
JE-6030104 SepShipmentTax660

General Ledger Detail

Every posted JournalEntryLine for a selected account and date range with running balances. The audit-trail report — used at close and at year-end.

Recent Journal EntriesJournalEntries
Posted
Journal Entry NumberDateDescriptionSourceTotal Debit
JE-5446104 SepIssue to WIPManual760
JE-2732206 SepCompletion at standardAR550
JE-5442003 SepGoods receiptAP430
JE-6033909 SepScrapExpense770
JE-2624614 SepBill matchBank540
JE-6030104 SepShipmentTax660

AP Aging

Open bills bucketed 0–30 / 31–60 / 61–90 / 90+ days, by vendor. Drives the pay-run scheduling view.

Bills to Pay This WeekBills
Approvednext 7 days
Bill NumberVendorBill DateDue DateAmount Outstanding
BLL-60913VND-19421 Sep23 Sep850
BLL-52756VND-12821 Sep24 Sep470
BLL-62136VND-21923 Sep24 Sep260
BLL-10517VND-00824 Sep24 Sep330
BLL-64997VND-02120 Sep24 Sep210
BLL-53605VND-21722 Sep24 Sep580
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# Example after configuration $ curl -fsSL https://www.erp.ai/skill.md | paste into your agent › transaction to financial statements · accounting setup on ChartOfAccounts, AccountingPeriods, Currencies, TaxRates ✓ Configure entity accounts, open periods, exchange-rate inputs, tax treatment and decision authority before importing opening balances. › transaction to financial statements · customer billing on Invoices, InvoiceItems, Contacts ✓ Prepare and issue invoices with frozen account, currency and tax mappings. › transaction to financial statements · receipt allocation on PaymentsReceived, Invoices ✓ Apply confirmed incoming money only within the customer, entity and currency. › transaction to financial statements · financial reporting on JournalEntries, JournalEntryLines, ChartOfAccounts ✓ Produce entity-scoped statements from posted ledger lines and aging from open document balances.

Other processes

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Draft BillsDraft
Bill NumberVendorBill DateDue Date

Bill to payment

Review supplier bills, authorize payment and reconcile the resulting cash movement with your books.

4 stages · 2 approvals

Accounting Period ScheduleFuture
Period NamePeriod TypeStart DateEnd Date
Quarter

Statement to reconciliation

Match bank activity to posted books and resolve differences before closing the period.

4 stages · 3 approvals

Employee Payment Destination ReviewSubmitted
Payee NumberEmployeeEntityCurrency

Journal to close

Review expenses and journals, resolve outstanding differences and close the accounting period.

4 stages · 3 approvals

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