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Overview

The Expected Incoming Cash Report displays payments that are expected to be received in the near future. This report is useful for informing adjustments that can be made to organization expenses in the short-term by considering the expected timeline for receiving payments.

 

Accessing the Expected Incoming Cash Report

The Expected Incoming Cash Report is located in Reports > Accounting Reports in the Accounting Banking category. 

 

Report Configuration Options 

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There are four filters r settings you can apply to the Expected Incoming Cash report to control the result that you get. These are:

Period end dateThe cut-off date for the report. No items with a date later than the Period end date will be displayed. 

Report layout

Controls the grouping for the display of the report. There are three options.

  • Group by date
    • Each date will display a table. Every item with an expected payment date of the heading date will be displayed.
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  • Expected from
    • Each debtor will display a table that only displays items and amounts owed by that debtor.
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  • No grouping
    • Displays a single table containing all items, regardless of date or debtor.
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Invoice due date

The date used in the Expected Date column on the report. There are two options.

  • Payment due date
    • The due date on the invoice
  • Average days to pay
    • Calculates the average days it takes for invoices to be paid in your system
    • Displays the date *your average days to pay* after the invoice's AR date
Sales Pipeline/SoldControls whether sales pipeline/bill schedule data is displayed on the report.

 

Producing the Expected Incoming Cash Report

Generate report (on-screen)

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Below the configuration options is a Generate report button. This button will generate and display the report on the current screen. It will also display further output options.

Print

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The Print button will launch your browsers print dialog. This will adhere to your browser and workstation settings to print the report. 

EXCEL

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The EXCEL button will download the report in xls format.

PDF

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The PDF button will download the report in PDF format.

 

Understanding the Output of the Client Profitability Report

Note: Using the three output options will generate the same information in the selected format. This section of the guide will use images from the On Screen (HTML) output.

 

Table Types

Note: All detail tables display the same data, regardless of grouping. The descriptions of columns apply to all detail tables. The Summary table when grouped by due date is not a detail table.

There are 4 types of tables that can be displayed on the report. 

Overdue

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  • Displays when 'Report layout' is set to 'Group by Date'
  • Contains items with expected payments past the due date defined in the 'Invoice due date' configuration option 
Due date

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  • Displays when 'Report layout' is set to 'Group by Date'
  • Header date is the due date of all items listed in the table
Expected from

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  • Displays when 'Report layout' is set to 'Expected from'
  • Header name is the name of the debtor for all items listed in the table
Summary

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  • Displays when 'Report layout' is set to 'Group by Date' or 'Expected from'
  • Contains totals for each date, with a sum total at the bottom

 

Column Definitions

Note: All detail tables display the same data, regardless of grouping. The descriptions of columns apply to all detail tables. The Summary table is not a detail table.

Detail Tables

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Expected FromThe debtor from which the payment is expected
SourceThe item for which the payment is expected. This can be an invoice or a sales pipeline item.
DescriptionThe specific item for which the payment is expected
Expected DateThe date payment is or was expected. 
Matter IDThe ID of the matter with which the row item is associated
Matter NameThe name of the matter with which the row item is associated
AmountThe amount of the expected payment

Summary Table

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DateDate of the expected payments
Total AmountTotal of the expected payments for the corresponding date. Below the line, there is a sum total of this column.