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Read your Cash Flow statement

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The Cash Flow statement answers the question the P&L can't: you made a profit, so where did the money go?

  1. Go to Ledger › Reports and open the Cash Flow tab.
  2. Set the date range with the period picker.
  3. Read down the three sections:
    • Operating Activities starts from net income and adjusts for money that moved on paper but not in cash: a growing Accounts Receivable means you earned income you haven't been paid yet, so it is subtracted; a growing Accounts Payable or credit-card balance means you incurred costs you haven't paid, so it is added back.
    • Investing Activities shows equipment purchases and depreciation.
    • Financing Activities shows owner contributions and draws.
  4. The bottom cards tie it out: Opening Cash plus Net Change in Cash equals Closing Cash, which matches the cash on your Balance Sheet as of the period end.

Use CSV to download it. The statement is built by the indirect method from your posted journal entries, the same construction an accountant prepares, so there is no Cash / Accrual toggle here: the whole point of the report is to reconcile accrual profit to cash movement.

Good to know: The statement is built by the indirect method from your posted journal entries and is always on an accrual construction: the Cash / Accrual toggle on the P&L doesn't apply here. It explains the change in your CASH accounts; money still sitting in Undeposited Funds or a card balance appears as a working-capital adjustment, not as cash.