Import Books — bringing existing financials into Turtini

Import Books is how you move onto Turtini without re-keying a year of history. Drop in the statements you already have and they become real entries in your ledger. Find it under Accounting → Operations → Import Books.

Importing a statement:
1. Drag a statement onto the drop zone, or click to browse. It takes PDF, CSV, and Excel — exports from your accounting software or documents from a management company.
2. The platform reads the file and works out what it is. If the file turns out to hold several documents, you get a manifest first — see "Reviewing a packet before it posts".
3. Review what was read. Lines are grouped into Assets, Liabilities, Equity, Revenue, Expenses, and Other, with a badge telling you whether the statement Balances, Doesn't balance, or Needs review.
4. Post it. The button matches the document: "Add these balances to my records" for a balance sheet or trial balance, "Import as period activity" for a P&L, "Import actuals and budget" for a budget-vs-actual. Only a balance sheet or trial balance that actually balances can post its figures.
5. Or click "Save only (don't post)" to file the document without touching your ledger.

Importing twice does not double your books:
This is the part worth understanding. Posting a statement does not stack a fresh set of balances on top of what is already there — it posts only the difference. If your ledger already says an account holds 12,400 and the statement says 12,400, nothing is posted for that account at all. If the statement says 13,000, only the 600 difference is posted.

So you can import January, then February, then March, and each one trues your books up to that statement rather than adding to the last. Import the same statement twice and the second one has nothing to do — you will see "Your books already match this statement", and the file is still filed.

Balances are also computed as of the statement's own date, ignoring anything dated later, so importing an earlier month does not get thrown off by entries you have already made for a later one.

What it will not do:
Accounts your ledger holds but the statement does not mention are left alone — never quietly zeroed. If a statement's own figures don't quite balance, the residual is posted to a single named equity account, "Imported Balance Adjustment" (3910), and the result tells you the amount, so an unexplained difference is visible instead of smeared across your accounts.

Reading the result:
After posting you get a summary — how many accounts changed and how many already matched, the journal entry number, and the line "Your books now match this statement as of that date." It also tells you which pages of the document it read, so you can check it against the source.

Already-imported documents stay marked as Imported, and that mark survives a reload — it is recorded against the document itself, not your browser. You can still import again if you have a reason to; it is offered as a secondary choice, with a note explaining that importing again brings your books to the same position, so nothing would double up.