"Balance" report showing strange dates

Q: When I generate the transaction report "Balance Charges and Payments" and select a date range of 8/1/2006 – 8/31/2006, I get other dates in the report.  Where are these dates coming from?

A: The "Balance Charges and Payments" report uses the Reservation date to filter the transactions to be shown, not the Transaction date -- so it's showing all transactions for any reservations that started in August.  This particular report is mainly for checking that reservations are zeroed-out properly.  You can change this if you want by going into More Filters (after selecting the Quick-report), and then uncheck the "Use Reservation date..." box.  If you need to do this often, then you can Memorize the report through Summary Options.