Reporting Advancement helps the Scout, the Unit, the District, and the Council. Please report advancement as soon after it advancement happen as possible. Scoutbook facilitates this but if you do not use Scoutbook, please consider filing advancement reports at least quarterly, if not monthly. Note that if you have advancement that happens late in the year, Council & District gets no credit for that for the year, as far as National is concerned, if that advancement is reported after December 31.