Accounting
Financial Document Builder
Build your own balance sheet, income statement, cash flow statement, cap table or invoice. Totals and balance checks work as you type, and you can download it as a PDF.
New to these documents? Learn to read a balance sheet, an income statement, a cash flow statement, a cap table or an invoice first.
How to use the builder
- Pick the document you want to make. A balance sheet describes one date; an income statement and a cash flow statement cover a period; a cap table lists who owns what; an invoice bills a customer.
- Choose how to start. A finished example from one of the lessons is the gentlest first step: every line is filled in, and nothing you change touches the lesson. A blank document comes with the usual line names, ready for your figures.
- Enter a figure on each line, and rename any line to match your own books. Add a line with the add button, or open Common lines under a section for the ones businesses usually have.
- Follow the short note under each section. On an income statement, costs are positive numbers the statement subtracts; on a cash flow statement, cash going out is a negative number.
- Keep an eye on the figure at the top of the sheet. On a balance sheet that breaks the accounting equation, it says how far out you are, and the check at the bottom says which side is larger, which tells you what kind of line is missing.
- Preview the finished document, then download it as a PDF. Drafts are saved in this browser, one for each document type, so Switch or start new never loses one.
What each document shows
- Balance sheet
- What a business owns, what it owes, and what is left for its owners, on one date. It always has to satisfy the accounting equation: assets equal liabilities plus equity.
- Income statement
- Revenue for a period, less every cost, down to net income. The share-of-revenue figures show each total as a percentage of revenue, which is how margins are compared between businesses of different sizes.
- Cash flow statement
- Why the bank balance changed over a period. It starts from net income and adjusts for everything that moved cash differently from profit, which is the indirect method.
- Cap table
- Every holding of shares (common, preferred and options) and each holder's share of the company on a fully diluted basis, which counts the whole option pool as if it were issued.
- Invoice
- A bill: what was supplied, what each line costs, any discount, tax or shipping, and the total the customer owes by the due date.
- Current and long-term
- On a balance sheet, current means within a year: current assets turn into cash within a year and current liabilities fall due within one. The gap between the two is working capital.
Educational disclaimer: Documents made here are learning worksheets built from the figures you enter. Corlova does not review them, they are not financial, legal, tax, or investment advice, and they do not replace statements prepared by a qualified accountant.