Ohio State University Extension Bulletin

Computerized Farm Record Keeping with Quicken® 2003

Bulletin 908

Reports

Types of Reports and Example Reports

**NOTE** This section contains most commonly used reports for a farm business.

The following are types of reports and their descriptions that would be used in a farm business. Examples of these reports and the keystrokes needed to create them follow after the report descriptions.

  1. Profit & Loss Statement -

    The P & L (Profit and Loss) Statement report summarizes the revenue and expenses of a business by category. It includes all your accounts.

    From the menu bar Click Reports, Click Reports and Graphs, Click How is my business doing?, Click Profit and Loss Statement, set report date, Click Show Report.

    **NOTE** When working with your own records, you will need to review the list of categories and limit them to business income and expense categories for this report to approximate net cash farm income.

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    Click here to see an example of a Profit & Loss Statement.

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