I have spent quite a while fiddling with starting date and starting balances and I have noticed unexpected behaviors when it comes to reports. I have entered all opening balances as on 31/12/2019 for a client (incl. sales and purchase invoices) according to the guides. Now when it comes to reporti…

This idea has been implemented as a side-effect of removing start date from Manager. [image] Start date no longer required The latest version (21.8.41) no longer requires start date to set starting balances. On balance sheet accounts and sub-accounts you can…

[image] Ealfardan: Scenario A – Start Date set to 1/1/2020 Balance sheet set to 31/12/2019 shows nothing. As it should. If you are not using Manager on 31-12-2019, you should have no balances on a balance sheet for that date. No other aspect of Manager allows you to recall transactions, bala…

Dear @tut , I already gave up on having the old setup back as you have told me earlier. I will suck it up and move on doing things the hard way as you suggested. That aside, my complaint here isn’t about the process, it is about the results. Can you please take this file and try to obtain a comparat…

To have a report which compares the prior year to the current year, you would have to enter the transactions (or a summary of) from the prior year. To start a business into Manager which is already running you need to enter starting balances covering ALL years prior to entering data into Manger (wh…

I noticed this not long after the most recent changes were made to the starting balance functionality and I agree with your comments and the confusion and frustration it creates. There are 2 workaround options to overcome the issue: If start date is set on the first date of the current year ensu…

[image] Patch: To start a business into Manager which is already running you need to enter starting balances covering ALL years prior to entering data into Manger I don’t understand this comment as only one starting balance for each account can be entered. The only explanation I can come up …

Correct Starting balances do not just cover the immediately prior financial period so can not be reported as such. If you want comparator columns for prior financial periods you have to enter a starting balance and start date prior to the comparator periods you want reported. Transactions for (o…

@Ealfardan , your difficulty comes from trying to generate matching balance sheets for the end of two different dates when there have been intervening transactions. Leave out the invoices on the start date that you mentioned and you will have what you want. This is basically what @AJD suggests. Or y…

What @AJD suggested is a workaround that I am going to implement. But is that really a solution? Software not giving expected results unless you change facts? [image] Tut: Or you can do what I suggested and the developer intended Could you please explain why eliminating a full day off the c…

I tried that for a couple of businesses and have done it but it’s not worth it for me mainly because it’s not a 1 to 1 relationship between the two recordsets.

I never suggested altering facts. I suggested being flexible enough to accept a different form of report with the information you need.

Comparative balance sheet with starting balances

lubos August 22, 2021, 1:07am 15

This idea has been implemented as a side-effect of removing start date from Manager.

Topic		Replies	Views
Start date no longer required	85	2796	September 21, 2021
Set Date or starting Balances	17	868	August 5, 2020
Summary Date Period incorrect	7	278	January 1, 2023
Setting Starting Balances for all Accounts before Start Date	9	1752	February 26, 2017
Changes to how Manager handles starting balances of invoices?	5	311	December 27, 2021

Comparative balance sheet with starting balances

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