The Best Free Accounting Templates

General Ledger

General ledgers are basically the mastersheets of all of your business’s finances. They include all of your important business numbers–from how much revenue has come in to how much money has gone out.

A general ledger is includes information from other documents, called sub-ledgers. The important sub-ledgers are P&Ls and balance sheets. Simply download one of the free downloadable general ledgers samples from FreshBooks to create your own in minutes.

Free General Ledger Template

• Create professional general ledgers
• Understand your business’s worth
• Keep a financial mastersheet

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• Automatically merge sub-ledgers
• Avoid costly accounting mistakes
• Manage your finances on the go
• Protect your files in the cloud

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Profit and Loss Template

Bookkeeping software helps small business owners understand the ins and outs of their businesses with ease. In order to make informed choices about the future of your business, you will need to thoroughly understand your business’s finances. Software accounting can streamline this process and aid you in the task.

A profit and loss statement—also commonly called a P&L or income statement—shows your business’s cash flow over a designated period of time. All revenue and expenses are detailed on this type of statement.

A cash flow statement is an integral financial document that shows how changes in income affect assets in either cash or cash equivalent formats. You can use this information to create a cash flow forecast that allows you to predict the outcome of future investments and acquisitions.

There is a pretty standard format that business owners use for their P&Ls, so FreshBooks has created the perfect template for you to simply input the money that has gone in and out of your account. Profit and loss sheets also typically breakdown your revenue and expenses into categories so that it is easier to visualize where every dollar has come from or has been spent in your business.

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• Automatically create P&Ls
• Pull your statement from the cloud
• Quickly share files with your team
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Free P&L Template

• Download for free in multiple formats
• Collect information that’s useful for tax time
• Customize according to your needs

Expense Report Template

Keeping track of your business expenses is essential to a headache-free tax time. Knowing your expenses is also essential when it comes to determining your profits and taxes owed.

You can itemize your expenses to create something called an expense report, which keeps a super detailed record of any money that you’ve spent on your business. The FreshBooks expense report template helps make keeping your expenses in check a bit simpler.

With separate accounting sheets for different kinds of purchases, you will be able to meticulously document your expenses in an accessible, easy-to-use format.

While the template is a free resource for businesses, FreshBooks offers fast and efficient accounting software that helps you keep track of your income, expenses and profits.

Free Expense Report Template

• Download for free in multiple formats
• Collect information that’s useful for tax time
• Customize according to your needs

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• Store information in the cloud
• Access your financials on the go
• Attach receipts to expense reports
• Automatically track recurring expenses

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Simple Balance Sheet Template

You work hard to grow your business, so you definitely want to know what your business is worth. Balance sheets are statements that express your business’s assets and liabilities. An asset is something that your business owns, like the money in your bank account or items you have in your inventory. Liabilities are basically your company’s outstanding responsibilities, such as debts to be paid or services to be rendered.

Equity is also an essential component of a simple balance sheet. You can calculate equity by subtracting your liabilities from your assets.

FreshBooks provides a range of free balance sheet templates that can accommodate your accounting needs. You can choose from different balance sheet formats to find the one that you prefer and get started on your road to easier accounting.

 Alongside helpful formatting layouts and customized field options, you can compile your financial documents into an accounting workbook. This lets you reference any asset, liability or equity adjustments that have been made and can help you make knowledgeable decisions regarding your business.

Create simple balance sheets with the free template from FreshBooks.

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• Generate balance sheets automatically
• Share balance sheets with your team
• Save your files to the cloud
• Customize your documents on the go

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Free Simple Balance Sheet Template

• Organize your assets and liabilities
• Calculate your equity
• Download template in seconds

Billing Statement Template

Fostering clear communication between you and your clients ensures that you get paid for your hard work and that your clients know what they are being charged for. Create detailed and professional client account statements so that your clients can see all activity on their accounts.

This type of document is also great to have on hand for your customer service representatives. That way, they can pull up past transactions in the event that a customer comes forward with an issue.

Free Billing Statement Template

• Communicate charges to clients
• Record purchasing histories and trends
• Create professional account statements

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• Access client account records from anywhere
• Collaborate with team members
• Send files to clients online
• Store client information on cloud

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Bank Reconciliation Template

During some transactions, the money is received by the bank on a different date than when the original bank paid the fee. In this situation, a buyer’s records don’t line up with your own. To fix this discrepancy, it can be accounted for in bank reconciliation statements.

Bank reconciliation is a more advanced accounting record that accounts for money leaving its origin and arriving to its destination. This sort of record is important to keep for money leaving and entering your bank account. You never want as much as a dollar to go unaccounted for.

With the FreeBooks cash book template, you can easily keep track of day-to-day expenses. It helps record regular transactions so that you can better understand your cash flow.

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• Prepare financial records with ease
• Automate your bookkeeping
• Avoid costly accounting issues
• Sync with your existing accounts

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Free Bank Reconciliation Template

• Create detailed bank reconciliation templates
• Track incoming and outgoing transactions
• Keep track of your cash flow