{"schema":"exacc.help.page/1","url":"https://exacc.au/help/cash-flow-report/","title":"Cash flow reports","description":"See where cash came from and went in a period: operating, investing and financing activities, per account or summarised, from opening to closing cash.","category":"Reports","summary":"Open **Reports › Cash Flow - Summary** (or **Cash Flow - per Account**), click **Update filters**, choose the period and **Apply filters**. You see **Opening balance - cash**, cash flow from operating, investing and financing activities, and **Closing balance - cash**.","lastVerified":"2026-10-09","apps":["app"],"processIds":["all_reports"],"start":{"label":"Open Cash Flow - Summary","url":"https://app.exacc.au/{dbId}/reports/cash-flow-summary"},"menuPath":["Reports","Accounting","Cash Flow - Summary"],"before":["Each account's **Cash Flow** group set in the chart of accounts (bank and cash accounts as cash)."],"steps":[{"step":1,"title":"Run it","body":["Open **Reports › Cash Flow - Summary**, click **Update filters**, set the dates and click **Apply filters**. **Cash Flow - per Account** shows the movement account by account."],"url":"https://app.exacc.au/{dbId}/reports/cash-flow-summary","image":"https://exacc.au/help/cash-flow-report/step-1.png"},{"step":2,"title":"Read it","body":["**Opening balance - cash**, then **Cash flow from Operating Activities**, **Investing Activities** and **Financing Activities**, then **Closing balance - cash**."]}],"sections":[{"heading":"\"Calculation is out by\"","body":["If the movements do not add up to the change in cash, the report shows **Calculation is out by** and **Check cash flow settings of accounts**: an account has the wrong **Cash Flow** group in the chart of accounts."]}],"related":["https://exacc.au/help/chart-of-accounts/","https://exacc.au/help/profit-and-loss-report/","https://exacc.au/help/balance-sheet-report/"],"linkNote":"Links containing {dbId} open that screen in the business file whose id is dbId. A person can also open this help page with ?db=<dbId> to get the same links as buttons."}