Run the Balance Sheet Report that starts with a particular month

Balance Sheet report is a summary of the financial balances of a company as of a specific date.  If you run the balance sheet as of Dec 2013, it will include transactions with posting periods before 2013.  We can, however, customize the balance sheet to only show transactions for a specific period.

Below are the steps:

1. Navigate to Reports > Financial > Balance Sheet > Customize Summary.
2. Click Filters.
3. Expand the Financial folder.
4. Choose Accounting Period.
5. In the new window that will pop up, select the Accounting Periods that you want to include on the report and then click Done. Click Done again before previewing or saving the report.

Please note that this is only possible if the Accounting Period feature is enabled.

Another way would be to perform the following:

1. Navigate to Reports > Financial > Balance Sheet > Customize Summary.
2. Go to Filters page.
3. Select default the filter: Period
4. Set filter= Inclusive
5. Set the Period range you want to include in the report.
6. Click on Save As/ Preview.