How to Deliver a Financial Report to Clients

Reports 2 min read Updated Aug 14, 2026
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  1. Before you begin
  2. Step-by-step instructions
  3. Step 1: Start the delivery
  4. Step 2: Review the Deliver Report window
  5. Step 3: Choose recipients
  6. Step 4: Confirm the selection
  7. Step 5: Add someone who isn’t a contact
  8. Step 6: Add a message
  9. Step 7: Publish to the client portal
  10. Step 8: Send it
  11. What happens next
  12. Sending it again
  13. Troubleshooting
  14. Related articles

Who this is for: Accountants sending a finalized report to their clients.

What you’ll learn: How to choose recipients, add a message, publish to the portal and send.

Before you begin

  • The report must be finalized.
  • Recipients can be existing company contacts, or people you add by name and email at the time of sending.

Step-by-step instructions

Step 1: Start the delivery

Open the finalized report and select Deliver. You can also deliver from the three-dot menu on the report’s row.

Deliver button highlighted in the report header

Step 2: Review the Deliver Report window

The window names the report and period being sent, and lists the company’s contacts.

Deliver Report window with the recipient list

Step 3: Choose recipients

Tick each person who should receive the report, or use Select all. If the company has many contacts, use the search box to find someone.

A contact row highlighted in the Deliver Report recipient list

Step 4: Confirm the selection

Selected recipients are ticked, and the send button updates with the number of people it will email.

Deliver Report window with one recipient ticked

Step 5: Add someone who isn’t a contact

Select Add recipient manually and enter a name and email address.

Add recipient manually button highlighted in the Deliver Report window

Step 6: Add a message

Use Custom message to include a personal note in the delivery email.

Custom message field highlighted with a note to the client

Step 7: Publish to the client portal

Turn on Publish to client portal so the report also appears on the client’s dashboard when they sign in. Leave it off to send the secure link only.

Publish to client portal switch turned on in the Deliver Report window

Step 8: Send it

Select Send to … Recipients. Each person gets an email with a secure link to their report.

Send to 1 Recipient button highlighted in the Deliver Report window

What happens next

The report status changes to Delivered and a Deliveries panel appears in the report. It shows each recipient, how many times they have been sent the report, and whether they have viewed or downloaded it.

Deliveries panel highlighted showing the recipient and delivery status
Delivered status badge highlighted in the report header

Sending it again

Select Resend beside a recipient to send the report again. Debits issues a fresh secure link, so any earlier link for that person stops working.

Resend button highlighted beside a recipient in the Deliveries panel

Troubleshooting

  • No contacts appear. The company has no contacts yet — add recipients manually, or add contacts to the company first.
  • The send button is disabled. Select at least one recipient.
  • The client can’t find the report in their portal. It was sent by secure link only. Deliver it again with Publish to client portal turned on.
  • The client says the link has expired. Select Resend to issue a new one.
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