Note: In the UK, trust accounts are called client accounts. Throughout this article, any reference to a trust account also means a client account.
Brief Description
This report shows receipt details for a given trust / client account and period.
Use Cases
This report is useful for viewing how much may have been receipted versus how much was actually deposited into a trust / client account.
Finding the Report
- In Actionstep, go to Reports > Trust / Client Acct Reports > General.
Then, refer to these articles for help generating and saving reports for future use:
Available Filters
- Period: Choose the timeframe for the report. You can click the drop-down list and choose some pre-defined periods, or select Custom period and enter your own date range. Review and / or enter your dates in the accompanying date fields.
- Trust account: Choose one or more trust accounts you want included in the report. If you select All, all trust accounts will be included.
- Show received from address: Toggle this option to on to show the address details that were entered on the receipt.
- Include deleted entries: Toggle this option to on to include entries that have been deleted. (Available to Australian users)
Report Output
A table is created listing all transactions for the trust accounts you selected. The table includes the following columns:
- Date: Shows the date of the transaction.
- Receipt No. / Payment Method: Shows the receipt number as well as payment method.
- Received From / Reason: Shows who the funds were received from as well as the purpose (reason) of the funds.
- Client / Matter Reference / Matter Description: Shows the client's name as well as the matter reference and description.
- Multi Amount: If funds were receipted across multiple matters, this lists the matters and the funds allocated to that matter.
- Receipt Amount: Shows how much was received into the trust account.
- Amount Deposited: Shows how much of that receipt was deposited.
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