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Using the General ledger

Updated over 5 months ago

The General ledger allows you to audit revenue closings (yearly, monthly and daily), transactions, reservations and invoices generated within Little Hotelier.

Before you begin

  • Little Hotelier only tracks fiscal transactions after enabling the General ledger

  • Transactions from reservations added before enabling this feature won't appear

  • Property owners are responsible for providing additional financial records

  • To access the General ledger, navigate to Setup > General ledger

Closing entries

Types of Closings

Navigate to the View Closings tab to access three types of closing periods:

Yearly closings

View closings for each fiscal year, showing:

  • Period

  • Sequential closing number

  • Closing date/time

  • Perpetual closing total

  • Closing total

To view monthly breakdowns:

  1. Click View Months

  2. Review monthly closing amounts within the fiscal year

Monthly closings

View closings for a specific month range:

  1. Click the date dropdown

  2. Select From and To months

  3. Click Search

  4. Click Clear to reset the selection

To view daily breakdowns:

  1. Click View Daily

  2. Review daily closing amounts within the month

Daily closings

View closings for specific dates:

  1. Click the date dropdown

  2. Select From and To dates

  3. Click Search

  4. Click Clear to reset the selection

Transactions

Navigate to the Transactions tab to view:

  • Date/time

  • Reservation ID

  • User ID

  • Transaction type

  • Amount

Filter transactions

  • All transactions

  • By User ID

  • By Reservation ID

  • Click Clear to reset filters

Reservations

The Reservations tab provides access to:

  • Reservation overview

  • Invoices

  • Invoice history

  • Associated transactions

To view specific reservations:

  1. Enter the reservation ID

  2. Click Search

  3. Click View under Invoices to see details

  4. Select View transactions tied to this reservation

Invoices

Viewing Invoices

Navigate to the Invoices tab to access:

  • Invoice overview

  • History

  • Associated transactions

To find specific invoices:

  1. Enter the invoice ID

  2. Click Search

  3. Select View transactions tied to this reservation

Generating new invoices

  1. Locate the reservation

  2. Open the booking

  3. Select the Invoices tab

  4. Click Generate Invoice

  5. Choose to:

    1. Email invoice to guest

    2. View/print invoice

    3. Update booking status

  6. Click Save to confirm changes

Updating existing invoices

  1. Locate the reservation

  2. Click the invoice to edit

  3. Click Generate Invoice when prompted

  4. Confirm booking status

  5. Click Save to confirm changes

  6. Click Close to exit


Invoice history

  • View all invoice activities for a reservation

  • Access older versions in the Older Invoices list

  • Track viewing and printing history

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