TRUMBLES T1 SMALL BUSINESS ACCOUNTING MODEL

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TRUMBLES T1 OVERVIEW

T1 is a 5-year business accounting model suitable for small businesses

·       It is simple to setup and use

·       Online Help is available on: www.trumbles.com

·       Input cells are coloured green, all other cells are locked and protected

·       Descriptions of fields are provided inside heading fields

·       Unprotected spare sheets are available for client’s own use

·       T1 requires Microsoft Windows 10 or 11 and Microsoft Excel 2016+ or MS Office 365 (Desktop versions only, T1 will NOT run on web versions of Excel)

·       T1 can hold over 6,000 business records, or up to 5 years (60 months) of accounting records, whichever limit is reached first

·       T1 must be moved into a trusted folder in order for all programs to work

Input

Business records (sales, expenses etc) are input via the Submit Records program which performs the following actions:

·       Checks input fields and reports errors

·       Generates business records in the Submitted Records table and sorts the table in transaction date order by month

·       Generates payment records in the Payments Records table and sorts the table in payment date order. This table is used for maintaining payment records

·       Generates company names and addresses in the Address Records table and sorts the table in name order. This table enables Address Autofill when submitting records

·       Generates invoice records and numbers in the Invoice Records table. This table is used for tracking and progressing unpaid sales records

·       Assigns unique record numbers

·       Calculates a payment status for every record

·       Creates a period code for every record

·       Checks the validity of the model and reports if there are issues

Reporting

T1 includes the following reports which are generated automatically:

·       Invoice Generator – Produces client invoices in PDF format

·       Generate Reconciliation Table – Produces a comparison table of submitted and payment records for reconciliation purposes

·       Generate Accountants Workbook - Produces a macro-free, unlocked version of the workbook suitable for accountants

·       Generate Return For MTD Filing - Produces output for use with existing third party MTD Excel bridging software

·       Totals Report - Enables totals to be filtered and viewed by accounting period. This report shows totals with and without VAT and by individual or grouped transaction types (sales, expenses, other money in and other money out)

·       Change Control - Automatically tracks and logs any changes made to previously submitted records (deletions and amendments)

Other Features

·       T1 checks the integrity of the model continuously. T1 Status is calculated at the top of the Payment Records sheet. If the status equals OK, it means that totals add up correctly and there are no invalid records. If the status equals Issues, you will be guided on how to rectify the problem. Further details are provided in Payment Records Help

·       Condensed and full view toggle buttons can be used to switch between list only and wrap text views

·       The invoice template incorporates indicative text to simplify setup

·       Invoice Alert, Unpaid Days can be set. Invoice records will be highlighted red, amber or yellow after the set number of Unpaid Days has been exceeded

·       A Currency Selector enables you to switch the currency symbol between £, € and $

·       Lock Records can be used to prevent amendments or deletions to filed records

·       The Bulk Uploads template can be used to submit up to 500 records at a time

Familiarisation

·       T1 contains example records to help you understand how it works, these records are blanked out when you run the setup program.

·       You'll be able to add, amend or delete records and run the report generators

·       If you wish to proceed after you’ve reviewed the model, you can request and purchase an activation key which will enable you to blank out the model and set it up for your own business