{"schema":"exacc.help.page/1","url":"https://exacc.au/help/financial-report/","title":"Financial Report (financial statements PDF)","description":"Produce financial statements as one PDF: cover, Profit & Loss, Balance Sheet, notes, the declaration, a compilation report, and SMSF member statements.","category":"Reports","summary":"Open **Reports › Accounting › Financial Report**, choose the period, tick the options (previous period, reporting entity, audited), enter the names for the declaration and the compilation report, and click **Generate PDF**. You get one PDF with a cover page, Profit & Loss, Balance Sheet, notes, the declaration and the compilation report.","lastVerified":"2026-10-10","apps":["app"],"processIds":[],"start":{"label":"Open Financial Report","url":"https://app.exacc.au/{dbId}/reports/financial"},"menuPath":["Reports","Accounting","Financial Report"],"before":["The year's transactions coded and checked: the report is built from your Profit & Loss and Balance Sheet.","The right **Legal Form** on **Business Details › Main Info**: it decides the declaration (proprietor, partners, directors, trustees) and, for an SMSF, adds member statements."],"steps":[{"step":1,"title":"Open the report","body":["Open **Reports**, stay on the **Accounting** tab and click **Financial Report**."],"url":"https://app.exacc.au/{dbId}/reports/financial","image":"https://exacc.au/help/financial-report/step-1.png"},{"step":2,"title":"Choose the period and options","body":["Choose a **Predefined Period** (for example **Previous Financial Year**) or a **Start Date** and **End Date**, then tick what applies:"],"fields":[{"name":"Show Previous Period","help":"adds comparative figures for the period before."},{"name":"This is a reporting entity per ASIC","help":"titles it Financial Report; unticked it is a Special Purpose Financial Report."},{"name":"Accounts are Audited","help":"unticked, every page says the statements are unaudited and must be read with the compilation report."},{"name":"There is more than one Director (Trustee, Signatory)","help":"makes the declaration plural."},{"name":"Corporate Trustee","help":"for trusts and SMSFs with a company as trustee: the declaration is by its directors."},{"name":"Show Zero Amounts and Show Account Numbers","help":"how the statements are laid out."}],"image":"https://exacc.au/help/financial-report/step-2.png"},{"step":3,"title":"Names and footer","body":["Enter **Signature 1** and **Signature 2** (the names on the declaration), the **Compilation Signatory** (the accountant who compiled it, two lines) and the **Cover page footer**. The signatory names are remembered for next time."]},{"step":4,"title":"Generate the PDF","body":["Click **Generate PDF**. \"Financial Report.pdf\" downloads: cover page, Profit & Loss, Balance Sheet, **Notes to Financial Statements**, the declaration and the **Compilation Report**."]}],"sections":[{"heading":"Self-managed super funds","body":["For an SMSF the PDF also has a statement for each member. Click **Member Statement**, choose the **End Date** (the same as the report's end date) and the **Member**, and enter each member's balances (**Tax-free**, **Taxable - taxed**, **Preserved**, **Restricted non-preserved**, **Unrestricted non-preserved**). They save as you type. Members are the fund's active sites."]},{"heading":"What you cannot change","body":["The notes are a standard set (name, ABN and period are filled in); there is no notes editor. The report is a PDF only: no preview and no email from this screen."]}],"related":["https://exacc.au/help/profit-and-loss-report/","https://exacc.au/help/balance-sheet-report/","https://exacc.au/help/trial-balance-report/","https://exacc.au/help/lock-accounting-period/","https://exacc.au/help/update-business-details/","https://exacc.au/help/how-to-access-reports-dashboard/"],"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."}