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# Reporting

Odoo includes **generic** and **dynamic** reports available for all countries, regardless of the
{doc}`localization package <../../finance/fiscal_localizations>` installed:

- {ref}`accounting/reporting/balance-sheet`
- {ref}`accounting/reporting/profit-and-loss`
- {ref}`accounting/reporting/executive-summary`
- {ref}`accounting/reporting/general-ledger`
- {ref}`accounting/reporting/aged-receivable`
- {ref}`accounting/reporting/aged-payable`
- {ref}`accounting/reporting/cash-flow-statement`
- {ref}`accounting/reporting/tax-report`

To expand the lines of a report and view its details, click the {icon}`fa-caret-right`
({guilabel}`right arrow`) on the left. Then click the {icon}`fa-caret-down` ({guilabel}`down arrow`)
to the right of the account, journal entry, payment, invoice, etc. to {guilabel}`Annotate` and view
the details.

```{image} reporting/reporting-annotate.png
:alt: Annotate reports.
```

To export reports in PDF or XLSX format, click {guilabel}`PDF` at the top or click the
{icon}`fa-caret-down` ({guilabel}`down arrow`) icon next to the {guilabel}`PDF` button and
select {guilabel}`XLSX`.

To compare values across periods, click the {guilabel}`Comparison` menu and select the periods you
want to compare.

```{image} reporting/reporting-comparison.png
:alt: Comparison menu to compare time periods.
```

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## Balance Sheet

The {guilabel}`Balance Sheet` shows a snapshot of your organization's assets, liabilities, and
equity at a particular date.

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## Profit and Loss

The {guilabel}`Profit and Loss` report (or **Income Statement**) shows your company's net income by
deducting expenses from revenue for the reporting period.

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## Executive Summary

The {guilabel}`Executive Summary` provides an overview of all the important figures for overseeing
your company's performance.

It includes the following items:

- {guilabel}`Performance`:
  : - {guilabel}`Gross profit margin`:
      : The contribution of all sales your business makes **minus** any direct costs needed to
        make those sales (labor, materials, etc.).
    - {guilabel}`Net profit margin`:
      : The contribution of all sales made by your business **minus** any direct costs needed to
        make those sales *and* fixed overheads your company has (electricity, rent, taxes
        to be paid as a result of those sales, etc.).
    - {guilabel}`Return on investment (per annum)`:
      : The ratio of the net profit to the amount of assets the company used to make those profits.
- {guilabel}`Position`:
  : - {guilabel}`Average debtors days`:
      : The average number of days it takes your customers to (fully) pay you across all your
        customer invoices.
    - {guilabel}`Average creditors days`:
      : The average number of days it takes you to (fully) pay your suppliers across all your bills.
    - {guilabel}`Short-term cash forecast`:
      : How much cash is expected in or out of your business in the next month, i.e., the balance of
        your **Sales account** for the month **minus** the balance of your **Purchases account** for
        the month.
    - {guilabel}`Current assets to liabilities`:
      : Also referred to as the **current ratio**, this is the ratio of current assets ({dfn}`assets
        that could be turned into cash within a year`) to the current liabilities ({dfn}`liabilities
        that will be due in the next year`). It is typically used to measure a company's ability to
        service its debt.

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## General Ledger

The {guilabel}`General Ledger` report shows all transactions from all accounts for a selected date
range. The initial summary report shows the totals for each account. To expand an account and view
its details, click the {icon}`fa-caret-right` ({guilabel}`right arrow`) on the left.
This report is useful for reviewing each transaction that occurred during a specific period.

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## Aged Receivable

The {guilabel}`Aged Receivable` report shows the sales invoices awaiting payment during a selected
month and several months prior.

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## Aged Payable

The {guilabel}`Aged Payable` report displays information on individual bills, credit notes, and
overpayments you owe and how long these have gone unpaid.

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## Cash Flow Statement

The {guilabel}`Cash Flow Statement` shows how changes in balance sheet accounts and income affect
cash and cash equivalents and breaks the analysis down to operating, investing, and financing
activities.

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## Tax Report

The {guilabel}`Tax Report` shows the {guilabel}`NET` and {guilabel}`TAX` amounts for all the
taxes grouped by type ({guilabel}`Sales`/{guilabel}`Purchases`).

```{toctree}
:titlesonly: true

reporting/tax_returns
reporting/tax_carryover
reporting/analytic_accounting
reporting/budget
reporting/intrastat
reporting/data_inalterability
reporting/silverfin
reporting/customize
reporting/year_end
```