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The following is a list of all financial reports that can be produced in ContactsLaw:

  • Aged creditors
    Displays the amounts owed to each creditor as at a particular date, aged according to credit terms or the due date of invoices/statements. Reports reconciled invoices only by default, can be configured to include all invoices.

  • Aged debtors
    • Practice
      Displays the amounts owed by each client as at a particular date, aged according to each bill's date of issue. Can perform aging based on terms and limit results to a specific department or workgroup.
    • Member
      As above, with results limited to those files managed/supervised by the member. Can optionally report amounts per-file instead of per-client.
    • Client
      As above, showing the amounts owing on each of the client's files.

  • Anticipated disbursements
    Shows a list of anticipated disbursements on a particular file.

  • Bad debts
    Shows a list of bad debts on a particular file.

  • Balance sheet
    Lists the balances for all asset, liability and owner's equity accounts on the general ledger, as at a particular date. By default, compares the period figures to those from the previous financial year. Optionally includes a comparison to the account budgets.

  • Bank account activity
    Displays all transactions on a particular general or trust bank account occuring within a period. Optionally aggregates compatible payments and receipts. Includes the current account balance.

  • Bank reconciliation
    • General
      For a particular bank account, displays a summary of the reconciliation, including the statement balance, unpresentated payments, undeposited receipts, ledger balance in ContactsLaw, etc. Lists unpresented cheques, cancelled cheques and suspense activity.

    • Trust
      As above, but also includes a list of any files overdrawn during the reconciliation period.

  • Budget report
    For a particular budget year, lists all general ledger income and expense accounts, along with their budgets for the year and comparisons to the actual figures from the previous financial year.

  • Chart of accounts
    Lists all general ledger accounts, their types and numbers, GST status and current balance. Displays all sub-accounts except those of the Professional Fees controlled account by default, with the option to expand/collapse, show headings or inactive accounts, or limit the display to include a particular type of account only.

  • Controlled money
    Lists all controlled money accounts, the files they pertain to, as well as their balances as at a particular date.

  • Creditor activity
    Shows all transactions affecting a particular creditor within a period.

  • Debtor activity

    • Client
      Displays all transactions affecting a particular debtor within a period. By default, pending transactions are included.

    • File
      Displays all transactions affecting the debtor balance on a particular file.

  • Debtor balances
    Displays the debtor balances as at a particular date, including the GST components, for each file.

  • Disbursement balances
    Displays the unrendered disbursements balances as at a particular date, include the GST components, for each file.

  • Disbursements
    Shows a list of all disbursement transactions affecting a particular file.

  • General transaction listing
    Lists all transactions occurring within a particular period on a selection of general ledger accounts or the entire chart of accounts. Groups listings by account.

  • General trial balance
    Displays the year-to-date and month-to-date balances for all general ledger accounts as at a particular date.

  • Payroll
    • Leave accruals
      Displays the accrued annual leave, sick leave and public holidays for a particular member, with each line representing a pay period. Running balances for each type of leave, as well as the dollar value provision, are included.
    • Practice summary
      Displays the gross, withheld, net and superannuation amounts for each pay period within a particular financial year.
    • Member summary
      As above, but limits the results to a particular member and breaks each figure down to show its derivation.

    • Member totals
      For a particular financial year, displays each member's payroll totals, including leave taken, gross payments, amounts withheld and superannuation provision. Includes the start and finish dates for members who only worked for a subset of the overall period.

  • Profit and loss
    Displays all income and expense accounts in the general ledger in a hierarchical, expandable form. For each account, the net balances are shown for a particular period, the year-to-date and, optionally, the previous financial year. Where other periods are included, comparisons are shown. The report can be generated for a particular month, quarter or whole financial year.

  • Transit cheques

    • Practice
      Shows a list of all transit cheques held as at a particular date, including the date when they were released (if this happened subsequently).

    • File
      Shows a list of all transit cheques on the file.

  • Trust activity
    • Client
      Shows all trust transactions affecting all of the files for a particular client.
    • File
      Shows all trust transactions affecting a particular file.

    • Suspense
      Shows all trust transactions to the trust suspense file.

  • Trust journals
    Shows a list of all trust journals occurring within a particular period.

  • Trust transaction listing
    Lists all transactions on the trust account within a particular period, grouped first by client and then by file.

  • Trust trial balance
    Displays the trust balances (or, optionally, debit and credit totals) for all files as at a particular date. Can be limited to include only files with no activity for a series of months or to a particular department/workgroup.