Print the statement of retained earnings that you have written for the current company. The statement is a document you type and maintain yourself with Edit Retained Earnings Statement. No figures are taken from the general ledger, because this statement differs from company to company and from year to year (prior period adjustments, partnership allocations and so on).
Using this option
- Choose Financial Statements > Retained Earnings Statement > Edit Retained Earnings Statement. Update the heading, wording and amounts for this period, then save the document.
- Choose Print Retained Earnings Statement from the same menu. Each line of the document prints as you typed it, indented from the left margin.
- Check the dates, amounts and layout on the printed statement.
Codes replaced when printing
| Code | Prints |
|---|---|
@1 | The period-ending date. |
@2 | The report heading date. |
@3 | The current accounting period number, written as a word (for example, twelve). |
Notes
You are responsible for everything on the statement except those codes, including the company name, headings, blank lines, underlines and amounts. If you do not change the amounts before printing, the statement is the same as last time.
If this statement is included in automatic processing, it prints without stopping. Edit the document before you begin automatic processing.