The various Journal reports show the detailed activity for all transactions in and out of:
- Trust Accounts
- General Accounts
- Accounts Receivable
- Accounts Payable
The various Journal Reports are accessed from the Reports menu along the top menu bar of the screen when Brief Accounting is open:
Trust Journal
The Trust Journal can be printed for a given month at a time. A separate journal report is generated for each trust bank account. If there is more than Trust bank account, "all" can be typed into the Account field to generate the journal reports for all accounts.
The Receipts Journal details all receipts sorted by date for the month.
The Check Journal (Register) details all checks sorted by date for the month.
The Combined Journal details all Receipts and Checks entered, with totals for both, for the month for each trust account.
The Transfer Journal details all trust transfers between matters for a single trust account.
General Journal
The General Journal can be printed for a given month at a time. A separate journal report is generated for each general bank account. If there is more than General bank account, "all" can be typed into the Account field to generate the journal reports for all accounts.
The Receipts Journal details all receipts sorted by date for the month.
The Check Journal (Register) details all checks sorted by date for the month.
The Combined Journal details all Receipts and Checks entered, with totals for both, for the month for each general account.
There is also an option to select GL detail when generating General Journal reports:
This displays the GL Chart of Account number(s) that debited and credited for every Check and Receipt entered for the month.
Receivables Journal
The Receivables Journal details all Accounts Receivable Invoices (generated either through the Billing module or Accounts Receivable module) and Receipts for the month. Transactions are listed by date.
The Invoice Journal details all invoices sorted by date for the month.
The Receipts Journal details all receipts sorted by date for the month.
The Combined Journal details all Invoices and Receipts entered, with totals for both, for the month.
Payables Journal
The Payables Journal details all Accounts Payable Invoices and Payments for the month. Transactions are listed by date.
The Invoice Journal details all invoices sorted by date for the month.
The Payments Journal details all payments sorted by date for the month.
The Combined Journal details all Invoices and Payments entered, with totals for both, for the month.
NOTE: All of the above journal can be printed to File. They can then be opened with Excel and further sorted/filtered.
NOTE: Journals can also be accessed by clicking on the Journal tab from the Trust, General, Accounts Receivable and Accounts Payable modules. When accessing the Journals through the various modules, they can be sorted to include a specific date range as well as other sorting criteria and printed from there (rather than using the Reports menu).
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