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FINANCIAL REPORTS (ACCOUNT SCHEDULE)

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Dear all,

I am preparing the Statement of Cash Flow (IT Localization), where the columns contain the years and the rows contain the balances at date (Beginning Balance and Net Change) for some accounts. For example, under Operating Activities, I have the net change of depreciation. Now I have an issue calculating the variance for some G/L accounts, For instance, for Receivables I created 2 lines:

- Receivables PY → where I set the accounts to be taken into consideration and selected the row type Beginning Balance
- Receivables CY → where I set the accounts to be taken into consideration and selected the row type Balance at Date

The difference between these 2 rows should display the yearly variance for receivables.

The issue is that by setting Beginning Balance for the “Receivables PY” row, the system is also taking into consideration the closing balance. This means that once the fiscal year is closed, the amount for this line becomes 0 because, by standard, during year-end closing the system creates the closing entries with document date “C” and then reopens the balances. How can I solve this problem?
Is there any way to exclude  “C” from the Beginning Balance calculation?

Thank you

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    OussamaSabbouh Profile Picture
    17,586 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at
    Hello,
    For receivables, I would avoid Beginning Balance here and calculate it with normal date filters/formulas instead. The “C” date is a BC closing date, and Microsoft’s point is that it keeps ordinary fiscal-year dates clean while closing entries sit on the special closing date; however, the row type Beginning Balance can include those closing-date effects, which is why your row becomes zero after closing. A practical workaround is to create PY/CY rows using Balance at Date with explicit period/date formulas, then subtract them in a formula row, instead of relying on Beginning Balance. If the Italian cash flow report does not let you exclude closing-date entries from that row type, then it is not a setup switch I would expect in standard; you would need a report/customization change to filter out closing-date entries.
    Regards,
    Oussama Sabbouh
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    22 on at
    but in the rows i do not have the possibility to set the date formula, if i set the date formula for the columns then i will have the issue for the depreciation as this should read the net change of the year and not the variance, as a column i have the infomation of the current year and previous year
     
     
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    Grigorios Mavrogeorgis Profile Picture
    2,514 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at
    The issue with closing entries (C document type) is known when working with Beginning Balance in Account Schedules. By design the system include closing entries in Beginning Balance, that is why the balance reset to zero after year-end closing.

    One approach is to use Net Change instead of Beginning Balance, with a date filter that cover the period you want, and exclude closing date entries. In the Column Definition you can use a date formula like "P-1Y" combined with Closing Period filter set to exclude closing entries.

    Another option is to play with the Posting Date filter to exclude the closing date specifically. If your fiscal year closing date is 31/12/2024 with closing entries, you can filter Posting Date to be before that exact date.

    For Italian localization there might be additional setup in the Cash Flow report that handle closing entries differently, worth check the IT documentation.
    If standard does not give you the result, last resort is custom AL extension to filter out C document type during summation.
     
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    Regards
    Gregory Mavrogeorgis
     

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