Create a Multi-Period P & L: Actual to Budget

If you want a multi-period profit and loss report that looks like this example, follow the steps listed below.

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Report period  mm/ccyy - mm/ccyy
Period ending  mm/dd/ccyy
All amounts converted to U.S. Dollars
All amounts rounded to ONES

 

 +----------------------- 4th Quarter -------------------+

+------------------------ Year-to-date -----------------+

 

Actual

Budget

Variance

%

Actual

Budget

Variance

%

Revenue

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   Sales

18,731,320

15,000,000

3,731,320

24.9

59,861,965

60,000,000

138,035-

.2-

   Discounts Given

143,476-

175,000-

31,524

18.0-

687,736-

700,000-

12,264

1.8-

Total Revenue

18,587,844

14,825,000

3,762,844

25.4

59,174,229

59,300,000

125,771-

.2-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   Cost of Goods

2,260,948

1,200,000

1,060,948-

88.4-

4,814,470

4,800,000

14,470-

.3-

   Freight

131,505-

150,000-

18,495-

12.3

620,380-

600,000-

20,380

3.4-

   Taxes

13,911-

7500-

6,411

85.5-

27,473-

30,000-

2,527-

8.4

Total Expenses

2,115,532

1,042,500

1,073,032-

102.9-

4,166,617

4,170,000

3,383

.1

 

  1. Use the Financial Reports Format Maintenance (GFM) program to create a format like this:

Seq

Print

Accounts

Total 1

Type

Total to add to

Line desc

Spaces to indent

Lines to space

Under-line

100

T

 

 

 

 

Revenue

 

0

 

200

Y

400

 

R

10

Sales

3

0

 

300

Y

405-406

 

R

10

Discounts Given

3

0

 

400

Y

 

10

R

 

Total Revenue

 

1

 

500

T

 

 

 

 

Expenses

 

0

 

600

Y

542

 

E

20

Cost of Goods

3

0

 

700

Y

628

 

E

20

Freight

3

0

 

800

Y

810-855

 

E

20

Taxes

3

0

 

900

Y

 

20

E

 

Total Expenses

 

0

 

Note
The accounts in this example are from a sample database; yours will be different. You may have additional revenue and expense accounts.

  1. Use the Financial Reports Header Maintenance (GHH) program to set these parameters:

Report type

Round option

Include commas?

Credit sign

L

1

Selected

-

  1. Use the GL Budget Maintenance (GBM) program to enter budget data for all accounts in the report.

  2. Use the Financial Reports Print (GP) program to print the report, using these parameters:

Report type

Exclude zero amounts?

Beginning period
Ending period

Heading for this date range

L

Selected

First period
Last period

4th Quarter