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GUIDE 07 / THE MONTH YOU HAND OVER

Hand over a month your accountant can read.

The export is only as useful as the matches inside it. Unmatched invoices are left out of the ZIP, so the month is a matching job before it is a download.

By GoodCompany3 min readTransactions · Bills · Receivables · Statistics · Settings → Export

WHAT YOU’LL TAKE AWAY

A useful next step,
not another open tab.

  • Prepare the workspace
  • Example: North Studio
  • Match the month before you download it
  • Read the totals in the currency they were booked
  • Download the booking month
  • Check the outcome
  • Avoid a common mistake

Prepare the workspace

Have finance/export access, the relevant bank statements and invoice files. Agree the booking month and required supporting documents with your accountant.

Example: North Studio

Maya reconciles North Studio’s September payments, including the two instalments for NS-104. She records any missing supplier document in a separate exceptions note for the accountant.

Match the month before you download it

  1. In Transactions, open Filters and look at Uncategorized and Missing invoice for the month you are about to export.
  2. Open a payment. Category, client and notes save as you set them. Use Choose invoice or confirm a suggested match. On bills and receivables, confirm or reject the proposed payment.
  3. GoodCompany flags money moving between your own accounts as an internal transfer, from your account IBANs or from an opposite amount within two days. Statistics leaves those rows out. If a transfer between your accounts is still sitting in income or spending, open the transaction and check for the Internal transfer tag.

Read the totals in the currency they were booked

Set Reporting currency in Settings → Company before you lean on dashboard totals. Statistics converts amounts into that currency with booking-day MNB rates and excludes internal transfers. Source transactions and invoices keep their own currencies.

A converted total and the original invoice are different numbers. Net cash flow describes recorded payments, not accounting profit. If a conversion is pending, some rows are waiting on exchange rates and are excluded until those rates arrive.

Download the booking month

Open Settings → Export, choose the month of the bank bookings, and choose Download ZIP. The package holds invoices and receipts matched to transactions booked in that month, plus the statement PDFs that cover those transactions.

If a document is missing, the usual cause is a match that was never confirmed, or a booking date outside the month. Fix the match, then download again.

A full company-data archive is a different file, under Settings → Privacy. Use the accountant ZIP for the month's matched documents. Use the privacy export when you need the wider record.

Check the outcome

Open the downloaded ZIP and compare its documents with the confirmed payments in the chosen booking month. Give the accountant a separate list of unresolved items, manual payments and any documents not included.

Avoid a common mistake

Invoice date and bank booking month can differ. Unmatched documents are not in the accountant ZIP. Reporting-currency totals are a reporting view; source amounts and currencies remain relevant.

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GOOD QUESTIONS

A few specifics.

Why is an invoice missing from the ZIP?

The export includes invoices and receipts matched to transactions booked in the selected month. An unmatched invoice is left out. Confirm the match, check the booking month, and download again.

Can I invite my accountant into the company?

Yes, if you have permission to invite and a free seat. Settings → Members sends the invitation with a role. Give them access to the money and export pages they need, and no wider access than that.