## Stripe Reporting and Revenue Recognition

This documentation group focuses on how to leverage Stripe's reporting features to understand your financial data and the advanced capabilities of Stripe Revenue Recognition for automating accrual accounting.

### Key Areas:

*   **Bank and Payout Reconciliation:** Learn how to reconcile your Stripe payouts with your bank account to ensure accurate financial tracking. This includes understanding the Bank Reconciliation report and the Payout Reconciliation report.
*   **Financial Reporting:** Explore various Stripe reports that provide insights into your financial activity, such as the Balance Summary report and the Fees report. Understand how to configure these reports to meet your specific needs.
*   **Accounting Integrations:** Discover how to integrate Stripe data with popular accounting tools like QuickBooks and NetSuite to streamline your bookkeeping processes.
*   **Revenue Recognition:** This section delves into Stripe's comprehensive solution for automating accrual accounting. It covers:
    *   **Core Concepts:** Understanding how Stripe Revenue Recognition works, including recognized and deferred revenue, and its importance for compliance with accounting standards.
    *   **Data Management:** Importing data from various sources (including manual imports and connectors for Apple App Store and Google Play), managing imported data, and handling errors.
    *   **Reporting:** Generating and analyzing various revenue reports like the Trial Balance, Income Statement, Balance Sheet, and Revenue Waterfall.
    *   **Customization:** Configuring revenue recognition rules, mapping to your chart of accounts, setting up standalone selling prices for bundles, and managing accounting periods.
    *   **Specific Scenarios:** Examples and explanations for handling subscriptions, invoicing, refunds, disputes, foreign exchange, and Connect platforms.
    *   **Auditing:** Tools and reports to help you audit your revenue numbers for accuracy and compliance.

### Relevant Pages:

*   **/bank-reconciliation**: Details on reconciling Stripe payouts with your bank.
*   **/accounting-integrations**: Information on integrating Stripe with accounting software.
*   **/reports/balance**: Understanding the Balance Summary report.
*   **/reports/options**: How to configure financial reports.
*   **/reports/payout-reconciliation**: Details on reconciling individual payouts.
*   **/reports/reporting-categories**: Explanations of transaction reporting categories.
*   **/reports/select-a-report**: Guidance on choosing the right financial report.
*   **/standalone-fees**: Information on standalone fee application.
*   **/stripe-fee-credits**: How Stripe fee credits are applied and reconciled.
*   **/stripe-reports**: An overview of Stripe's reporting capabilities.
*   **/revenue-recognition/api**: Using the Revenue Recognition API.
*   **/revenue-recognition/chart-of-accounts**: Mapping Stripe accounts to your general ledger.
*   **/revenue-recognition/connect**: Revenue Recognition for Connect platforms.
*   **/revenue-recognition/connect/destination-charges**: Revenue Recognition with destination charges.
*   **/revenue-recognition/connect/direct-charges**: Revenue Recognition with direct charges.
*   **/revenue-recognition/connect/charges-transfers**: Revenue Recognition with separate charges and transfers.
*   **/revenue-recognition/data-freshness**: Understanding data availability for Revenue Recognition.
*   **/revenue-recognition/data-import**: Importing data into Stripe Revenue Recognition.
*   **/revenue-recognition/data-import/apple-app-store**: Importing data from the Apple App Store.
*   **/revenue-recognition/data-import/error-handling**: Handling errors during data import.
*   **/revenue-recognition/data-import/examples**: Examples of data import scenarios.
*   **/revenue-recognition/data-import/google-play**: Importing data from Google Play.
*   **/revenue-recognition/data-import/manage-imported-data**: Managing imported data.
*   **/revenue-recognition/data-reconciliation**: Reconciling Revenue Recognition data with other Stripe reports.
*   **/revenue-recognition/examples**: General examples of Revenue Recognition.
*   **/revenue-recognition/examples/contra**: Contra examples in Revenue Recognition.
*   **/revenue-recognition/examples/credit-notes**: Credit note examples in Revenue Recognition.
*   **/revenue-recognition/examples/currency**: FX and currency examples in Revenue Recognition.
*   **/revenue-recognition/examples/exclusion**: Exclusion examples in Revenue Recognition.
*   **/revenue-recognition/examples/other-examples**: Other Revenue Recognition examples.
*   **/revenue-recognition/examples/subscriptions**: Subscription examples in Revenue Recognition.
*   **/revenue-recognition**: Overview of Stripe Revenue Recognition.
*   **/revenue-recognition/invite-accountant**: Inviting accountants to access Revenue Recognition.
*   **/revenue-recognition/methodology**: How Stripe Revenue Recognition works.
*   **/revenue-recognition/methodology/multi-currency**: Revenue Recognition with multiple currencies.
*   **/revenue-recognition/methodology/refunds-and-disputes**: Impact of refunds and disputes on Revenue Recognition.
*   **/revenue-recognition/methodology/subscriptions-and-invoicing**: Revenue Recognition with subscriptions and invoicing.
*   **/revenue-recognition/overrides**: Making manual corrections to Revenue Recognition reports.
*   **/revenue-recognition/performance-obligations-api**: Using the Performance Obligations API.
*   **/revenue-recognition/reports**: Generating and exporting Revenue Recognition reports.
*   **/revenue-recognition/reports/activity-breakdown**: Detailed transaction activity breakdown.
*   **/revenue-recognition/reports/accounts-receivable-aging**: Accounts receivable aging report.
*   **/revenue-recognition/reports/audit-numbers**: How to audit revenue numbers.
*   **/revenue-recognition/reports/balance-sheet**: The balance sheet report.
*   **/revenue-recognition/reports/debits-and-credits**: Detailed debits and credits entries.
*   **/revenue-recognition/reports/income-statement**: The income statement report.
*   **/revenue-recognition/reports/trial-balance**: The trial balance report.
*   **/revenue-recognition/reports/waterfall**: The revenue waterfall report.
*   **/revenue-recognition/revenue-contracts**: Configuring revenue contracts.
*   **/revenue-recognition/revenue-settings**: General settings for Revenue Recognition.
*   **/revenue-recognition/revenue-settings/accounting-period-control**: Controlling accounting periods.
*   **/revenue-recognition/revenue-settings/examples**: Examples of Revenue Recognition settings.
*   **/revenue-recognition/rules**: Configuring custom Revenue Recognition rules.
*   **/revenue-recognition/rules/create-a-rule**: How to create a Revenue Recognition rule.
*   **/revenue-recognition/get-started**: Getting started with Stripe Revenue Recognition.
*   **/revenue-recognition/standalone-selling-price**: Setting up standalone selling prices for bundles.