I need examples of a rolling AR report

[Anonymous]

I just started at a super new company (comprised of two people, and I'm one of them), and my boss asked me to put together some sort of AR report so we have an easy way of looking at what checks have come in over the course of the week and month.

I've googled to death but am not finding anything helpful. Can anyone help?

[Anonymous]

Do you have a bookkeeping software? Do you use QuickBooks? You should be able to spit one out from there.

[Anonymous]

Are you doing this manually?

[Anonymous]

You are describing a collections report. An AR report would be for invoices still outstanding (accounts receivable).

How do you do your billings? Does the billing software allow you to enter collections? If you don't have billing software I would recommend you find an inexpensive system that will cover billing and collections. I use something called Harvest, which is for professional services. It's a lifesaver.

[Anonymous]

OP here:

Yes, I am to do this manually. The boss uses Quickbooks, but when checks arrive from clients in the mail, I am to go a block away and deposit them. I have talked with him about taking over all billing but he does not want me to do that.

He just wants me to hand him something at the end of each week showing how much money came in, and then at the end of the month as well. I agree that QB could do this, but the money here is kept in such a f*cked up way that I do not think I can persuade him to change. But one example is, I keep the checkbook at my desk, and if a bill comes in that can't be paid by credit card, I write a check. Boss never deducts that amount from his AP side of his QB. I don't think he's comprehensively keeping track of things.

I believe he grew up quite poor, and in a financially chaotic household, so comparatively he is doing outrageously well for himself, so may view the issues I bring up here as inconsequential.