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Xero UK (No Advisor Permission): General Ledger Export

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Jonathon Plowman-Samson
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Summary

Learn about the process of exporting a General Ledger from Xero (UK Version), without Adviser permissions.

 

Instruction

Note: The below guide was created using the UK version of Xero. However, it should still be a valuable article for using other versions of Xero.  

  1. Click the Accounting drop-down and then click Advanced.
    xero accounting menu with advanced selected
  2. Click Export Accounting Data.
    xero advanced account screen with export accounting data selected

  3. Select Caseware (this is the only export format that provides a Journal ID, which corresponds with the Transaction ID within MindBridge.
    xero export account data screen with caseware selected
 

Export your General Ledger (GL) file and opening trial balance for every period. If you're auditing the year ended 31 December 2018, you will want the following documents;

  • Trial Balance as at 31 December 2017 (Opening Balances)
  • Trial Balance as at 31 December 2018 (Closing Balances)
  • GL from 1 January 2018 to 31 December 2018

Once you have the documents, you will need to add column headers to your Trial Balance documents.

 

Trial Balance headers 

  • Amount
  • Account Number
  • Account Name
  • Date
  • Account Name 2

  Your data should now look like this:

xero exported file in excel

 

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