Metapowers

Phase 4: Report

Generate profit and loss, balance sheet, and cash flow statements.

Purpose

The Report phase produces standard financial statements from the reconciled records, providing a clear picture of the organization's financial position for a given period.

Usage

/bookkeeping:report <project>

Prerequisites

The reconciliation report from the Reconcile phase must exist at .metapowers/bookkeeping/<project>/03-reconcile.md.

What It Does

  1. Reads all prior phase artifacts
  2. Aggregates revenue and expense accounts for the profit and loss statement
  3. Summarizes assets, liabilities, and equity for the balance sheet
  4. Traces cash inflows and outflows for the cash flow statement
  5. Writes financial statements to .metapowers/bookkeeping/<project>/04-report.md

Output

Creates .metapowers/bookkeeping/<project>/04-report.md containing:

  • Profit and Loss statement for the period
  • Balance Sheet as of the period end date
  • Cash Flow statement with operating, investing, and financing sections
  • Key metrics and highlights

Phase 3: Reconcile

Match internal records against bank statements to identify discrepancies.

Accounts Payable

Invoice processing, payment scheduling, and vendor management.

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