Run the report - Go to Reports, then select Trial balance.
- Select the reporting criteria.
| Criteria | About | | As of date | Shows balances up to a selected date, including all transactions from the start of your accounts up to that date. | | Analysis period | Choose a time frame such as This Year, This Financial Year, This Month, or Custom to focus on specific periods. | | Opening and closing balances | - Select This period only to see only movement within the chosen period
- Select Show opening & closing balances to include balances carried forward from previous periods
| Summarised profit and loss values If you don't select Summarise profit and loss values, each Profit and Loss ledger account appears separately. If you select Summarise profit and loss values, the report combines prior year Profit and Loss balances into a single line. This allows you to review overall profits easier. For example, if your financial year ends on 31 December and you recorded sales invoices in different months: - Without summarisation, the trial balance shows individual balances for each account
- With summarisation, we combine previous years' balances into one total
Analyse your balances Select an underlined total to open the Nominal Activity report, which provides transaction details. When you drill down on summarised profit and loss values, you can separate manual journal entries from system-calculated totals. Additional options Hide zero balance accounts: Sage Accounting hides accounts with zero balances by default. Export the report: Download the report as a PDF or CSV for further analysis in Excel. |