The Summary page gives you a month-by-month picture of a bank account’s balance, expenses, and income for the year. It’s the place to verify the numbers line up before you generate reports.

The same view is also available as the Summary Report step inside the Entry Workflow.

Picking what you want to see

Open Summary and choose:

  1. The business
  2. The bank account
  3. The year

Simple-C loads the data for that combination and shows the totals broken down by month.

What the page shows

The Summary is organized in three sections, each with one column per month and a year total.

Balance section

  • Beginning Balance — your starting balance for the period (editable for January; the other months cascade automatically from the calculated ending balance of the prior month)
  • Income from Account — total bank deposits classified as income
  • Interest Earned — interest credited to the account
  • Withdraw Debits — total expenses paid from the account
  • Ending Balance — calculated as: beginning + income + interest − debits

Expenses section

  • Cash Expenses — total cash expenses entered for the month
  • Expenses From Account — total expenses paid from the bank account
  • Net Expenses — the combined total

Income section

  • Total Income — bank-deposited income
  • Cash Income — cash income entered for the month
  • Adjustments — manual income adjustments
  • Interest Earned — interest credited
  • Net Income — the combined total

Where to enter data

Most of the Summary is read-only — the numbers are calculated from the records you’ve entered elsewhere. The only field you edit on this page is the January Beginning Balance.

To add or change data:

  • Expenses, income, and cash income — enter them in Manual Entry or in the corresponding step of the Entry Workflow (Expenses, Cash Receipt, Income, Cash Income).

Using the Summary to catch errors

The Summary is a great sanity check before generating your reports:

  • Compare each month’s Ending Balance with your real bank statement — if they don’t match, you have a missing or duplicated transaction.
  • Watch for months with unusually high or low totals; they often point to a misclassified transaction.
  • Verify that Cash Income and Cash Expenses match your cash records before closing out the year.