Estateably

Managing assets and liabilities in your files

Inventory

This article walks through the general steps to add an asset, with consideration to how initial assets of a trust are added.

Adding an Asset

There are two ways to add an investment account for Estate Accounting. The method you choose depends on whether you plan to track holdings.

Adding an Investment Account (Estates)

How to add original and trustee/executor/guardian-purchased holdings to Estateably.

Adding Holdings

This article walks through the general steps to add a liability, with consideration adding initial liabilities of a trust.

Adding a Liability

Adding a Holdback/Reserve Amount

This guide walks you through importing holdings for a deceased investment or bank account.

Date of Death Statement Import

How to manage inventory items in Estateably

Getting Started

This article explains how to add a GIC as a Date of Death asset in Estateably.

How to Add a GIC (Date of Death Asset)

This article explains how to add a GIC purchased after the date of death.

How to Add a Current GIC (Acquired During Administration)

This article explains how to record accrued interest separately from a GIC.

How to Track Accrued Interest for a GIC

This article explains how to distribute a GIC to a beneficiary.

How to Distribute a GIC

This article explains how to liquidate a GIC within an account.

How to Liquidate a GIC

Below are answers to common questions about managing Guaranteed Investment Certificates (GICs) in Estateably.

GIC FAQs

A series of articles that guide you on how to add and manage GICs

Adding and Managing GICs

How to export an excel file of all inventory items added to Estateably.

Exporting an inventory (Estates)

How to generate a report that shows all the funds in managed/estate/trust accounts as of a certain date.

Cash on hand reporting (Estates and Trusts)

How to generate a report that shows all the inventory currently held by an Estate, Trust, or POA.

Inventory as of today reporting

How to generate a report that shows the deceased's inventory as of the date of death.

Original asset reports (Estates)

How to generate a report that shows all the liabilities in an Estate as of the current date.

Unrealized liability reporting (Estates)

How to generate and manage inventory reporting

Inventory Reporting

How do I manage Assets and Liabilities Passing Through or Outside the Estate?

Can I enter holdings by total value instead of calculating per-unit costs?

This is how to add an asset that is to be directly bequeathed or given in-kind to a beneficiary according to the directions of the Will.

How to add a bequeathed asset? And distribute it?

Frequently asked questions about inventory management in Estateably

Inventory FAQs

How to manage transactions in a bank account of the deceased in an Estate, or the bank account of a grantor in a POA.

Managing bank accounts (Estates and POAs)

How to manage transactions in the investment account of the deceased in an Estate, or the investment account of a grantor in a POA.

Managing investment accounts (Estates and POAs)

How to perform actions on holdings such as purchases, sales, stock splits, ACB adjustments, and ROCs.

Corporate actions and holding options

Holdings: Selecting the right Asset Class and Sub-class

How to manage bank and investment accounts

Account Management

How to create an opening balance for an account on an Estate, Trust, or POA.

How to create an opening balance

Please see the video below for a step-by-step of adding and liquidaing GICs in Estateably.

How to add and liquidate GICs

How to track payments to a loan, line of credit, or other liability in Estateably.

Accounting for an active loan/line of credit

Frequently asked questions on managing accounts in Estateably

FAQs

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