To-do’s to be completed throughout the year:
Daily Tasks/Weekly Tasks
- Enter business transactions into the general ledger to create a permanent financial history of your business.
- Invoice your customers.
- Make cash deposits.
- Run Daily/weekly Cash Flow.
- Process accounts payable and receivable.
- Back up data.
End of month
- Reconcile the bank statement to ensure every transaction is accounted for and it allocated to the proper account.
- Financial Statements: Once the reconciliation is complete then you can print the Profit and loss statement, the balance sheet, and the statement of cash flows.
- Review: this helps ensure that there are no data entry errors and also aids in business planning for the future.
Quarterly tasks vary.