# Consult accounting reports, balance sheet and income statement

> Consult the general ledger, trial balance and open items, and check the balance sheet and income statement with the same company, dates and entry status.

Fonte: https://docs.kmee.com.br/en/odoo/funcional/financeiro/balanco-patrimonial-e-dre/

Consult the general ledger, trial balance and open items, and check the balance sheet and income statement with the same company, dates and entry status.

## Before you start

Have access to the accounting reports and define the period to analyze. The Brazilian balance sheet and income statement read the accounts by their Brazilian accounting classification, not by their code, so they work with any classified chart of accounts. The localization charts of accounts are already classified.

## Step by step

### 1. Consult the accounting detail

Under Invoicing > Reporting, open the accounting reports group and choose General Ledger, Journal Ledger, Trial Balance, Open Items or Aged Partner Balance. Enter the company, the dates or a saved period, the accounts or partners, and which entries to include: All Posted Entries or All Entries. Click View and then export to PDF or XLSX.

### 2. Open the balance sheet or the income statement

Open Invoicing > Reporting > MIS Reporting > MIS Reports and choose one of the ready-made reports, such as the balance sheet for the current and previous year or the income statement (DRE). For another period, change the report Base Date: all columns move together. For a statement of your own, duplicate a ready-made report and adjust its columns.

### 3. Explain a total before distributing it

Click View and, on the screen, click an amount to open the journal entries behind it. Compare the total with the Trial Balance using the same company and dates. Then use Print, Export or Add to Dashboard to take the reviewed report to the people who need it.

## Expected result

The financial statements have an identified period and amounts that can be traced back to the journal entries.

## If something goes wrong

If an account appears on an unexpected line of the balance sheet or income statement, check its classification in the Tags field under Invoicing > Configuration > Accounting > Chart of Accounts. If the balance sheet and the trial balance show different amounts, check the company, the dates and the entry status; the ready-made reports read posted entries, and on the balance sheet each column covers the whole fiscal year or the year to date since January 1.

## Continue the process

- [Project the cash flow](https://docs.kmee.com.br/en/odoo/funcional/financeiro/orcamento-e-fluxo-de-caixa/)
- [Export accounting entries to the accountant](https://docs.kmee.com.br/en/odoo/localizacoes/brasil/contabilidade/exportar-lancamentos-para-a-contabilidade/)