THE MONTH-TO-DATE INCOME FIGURES DON'T TOTAL
THE YEAR-TO-DATE FIGURES ON MY CASH FLOW STATEMENT, HOW COME?
- They usually won't. The Cash Flow statements are generated on the 10th of
each month and only show activity in your account from the 1st of the month
until the date the reports are generated... ie the 10th. These dates are important
in understanding why there "seems" to be a discrepancy. Let's say
a tenant either pays late, like on the 12th of the month. In this case, this
income isn't going to show on the Cash Flow statement in the Month-To-Date column
since the funds were not received between the 1st and the 10th of the month.
However, those funds will show up in the Year-To-Date column the following month.
You will be able to actually see the individual payments and expenses that take
place outside this 1st-10th window on the Owners Statement. Here, all the previous
months transactions and the current months transactions (up to the date it is
printed) are displayed. See Example
The same actually applies to expenses as well. This is why your check may seem
short when there aren't any expenses listed in the Month-To-Date column. It's
because there was an expense on say the 20th, after your last check was mailed
out but also before the 1st of the next month. Check the Owners Statement and
you will see the expense detailed there. See Example
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