Report
ContactsLaw provides access to reports, which can be generated on-demand or according to a schedule. Reports may be built-in (available to all subscribers) or implemented via plug-ins or extensions.
You can view reports within the Desktop and Web applications, or generate a document for printing, sharing and viewing offline. Most reports can also be exported in Microsoft Excel (.xlsx) or Comma-Separated Values (.csv) formats.
Properties
All reports have the same basic structure:
- Title which includes contextual information (e.g. the period)
- Options governing the generation of the report, as well as their default values
- Results, usually consisting of one or more tables. These may include totals and grouping rows.
Accounting
- Chart of Accounts - Lists accounts and their current balances.
- Reconciliation Statement - Summaries a reconciliation and lists any unpresented payments or outstanding deposits.
- Transaction Listing - Lists transactions debiting/crediting a particular account or ledger.
General
- Aged Creditors - Lists creditors with unpaid invoices and groups outstanding amounts based on the number of days overdue.
- Balance Sheet¹ - Lists asset and expense accounts and their balances as at a given date.
- Profit & Loss¹ - Lists income, expense and owner's equity accounts and their net debit/credit activity over various periods.
- Sales Tax (GST) - Lists transaction line items that fall within various categories designed to assist in the lodgement of a Business Activity Statement (BAS).
- Trial Balance - Lists accounts and their debit/credit activity up to and including a given date.
¹ These reports are always presented on an accrual basis.
Trust
- Debit Balances - Lists transactions that result in a debit balance on a trust or controlled money ledger.
- Deposit Slips - Lists trust deposit slips (transaction groups) for audit purposes.
- Journal Transfers - Lists trust journal transfers for audit purposes.
- Ledger Balances - Lists the balance on each trust ledger (matter).
- Ledger Titles - Lists changes to the title of trust ledgers (in accordance with Legal Profession Regulations).
- Payments Cash Book - Trust payments cash book (for audit purposes).
- Receipts Cash Book - Trust receipts cash book (for audit purposes).
- Register of Controlled Money - Lists controlled money accounts and their current balances, along with the matters to which they relate.
- Register of Powers & Estates - Lists powers and estates for audit purposes.
- Transit Money - Lists transit money for audit purposes.
- Trust/CMA Statement - Lists transactions affecting a particular trust ledger for a given period (in accordance with Legal Profession Regulations).
Billing
- Aged Debtors - Lists debtors with unpaid invoices and groups outstanding amounts based on the number of days since the invoice was issued.
- Bad Debts - Plots invoices written off versus the months in a given financial year.
- Sales - Plots amounts billed for invoice items (excluding disbursements and interest) versus the months in a given financial year.
- Time - Plots billable time versus the months in a given financial year.
- Time by Member - Shows the distribution of the time figure for a given period over the members responsible.
- Time by Matter - Shows the distribution of the time figure for a given period over the matters involved.
- Recovery - Plots invoice payments received versus the months in a given financial year.
- Recovery by Member - Shows the distribution of the recovery figure for a given period over the members responsible.
- Recovery by Matter - Shows the distribution of the recovery figure for a given period over the matters involved.
CRM
- Demographics - Groups contacts into categories based on demographics such as age, gender or industry. Custom fields can also be used.
Matters
- New Matters - Plots the number of new matters created versus the months in a given financial year.
- Overview - Lists matters and current balances for WIP, unbilled disbursements, debtors and trust.