{"schema":"exacc.help.page/1","url":"https://exacc.au/help/run-accounts-in-exacc/","title":"Run your accounts in Exacc","description":"The bookkeeping cycle in Exacc: bring in transactions (bank feeds, CSV, manual entries), code them in Process feeds, check the bank, then report and lodge.","category":"Accounting","summary":"Bring transactions in with **bank feeds**, a **CSV import** or **manual entries**. Code them in **Books › Process feeds** (bank rules do the repeat ones), check the balance against your bank statement, then run your reports and lodge BAS, STP and TPAR from Exacc.","lastVerified":"2026-10-10","apps":["app"],"processIds":[],"start":{"label":"Open Process feeds","url":"https://app.exacc.au/{dbId}/books/process-feeds"},"menuPath":["Books","Banking","Process feeds"],"steps":[{"step":1,"title":"Bring transactions in","body":["**Bank feeds**: open **Books › Bank Feeds**, click **Connect a Bank** and give consent on Basiq's page (Consumer Data Right). Exacc brings in up to 2 years of history, then new transactions daily. Your banking password is never given to Exacc.","**CSV import**: import a bank export with just a date and amount, or with contacts and accounts. Complete rows are posted straight away; the rest wait in **Process feeds**. A PDF bank statement can be converted to CSV first.","**Manual entries**: **Books › + Bank Transaction** (**Spend Money** or **Receive Money**), or a **General Journal** (for example opening balances)."]},{"step":2,"title":"Code them in Process feeds","body":["Open **Books › Process feeds** and **Select Account**. For each transaction **Apply** the suggestion, use **Quick Add** (account, tax code, contact), **Match Existing Transactions** to an invoice, bill or payment, or **New Journal** to split it. **Bank rules** code the repeat ones for you.","Posted transactions can be edited or deleted like any other, changed in bulk with **Find and Update**, and you can attach files (PDF, photos) to them."],"url":"https://app.exacc.au/{dbId}/books/process-feeds"},{"step":3,"title":"Check against the bank","body":["Open **Books › + Bank Statement**, choose the account and dates, and compare the balance on the last day with your bank's balance. If they differ, look for missing, duplicated or misdated transactions. Lock the period once it is final."]},{"step":4,"title":"Report and lodge","body":["Run Profit & Loss, Balance Sheet, Trial Balance, General Ledger and Cash Flow from **Reports**, and drill from any amount down to the transaction. Lodge your BAS, STP and TPAR with the ATO from Exacc once the file is linked to the ATO."]}],"related":["https://exacc.au/help/set-up-bank-feeds/","https://exacc.au/help/import-bank-transactions-csv/","https://exacc.au/help/convert-pdf-bank-statement-to-csv/","https://exacc.au/help/process-bank-feeds/","https://exacc.au/help/create-bank-rule/","https://exacc.au/help/add-bank-transaction/","https://exacc.au/help/create-general-journal/","https://exacc.au/help/find-and-update-transactions/","https://exacc.au/help/attach-files-to-transactions/","https://exacc.au/help/reconcile-bank-account/","https://exacc.au/help/lock-accounting-period/","https://exacc.au/help/how-to-access-reports-dashboard/","https://exacc.au/help/lodge-bas/","https://exacc.au/help/link-exacc-to-ato/"],"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."}