Summary
Description
The Trial Balance report helps businesses check account balances at any point in time. It ensures accuracy by comparing debits and credits. You can use it to spot errors before preparing financial statements and to support financial analysis and forecasting.
Resolution
Run the report
- Go to Reporting, 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, Last Year, This Financial Year, Last Financial Year, This Month, or Custom to focus on specific periods. |
Opening and closing balances |
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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, prior year Profit and Loss balances are combined into a single line, making it easier to review overall profits.
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.
If you drill down on summarised profit and loss values, manual journal entries can be separated from system-calculated totals.
Additional options
Hide zero balance accounts: By default, accounts with zero balances are hidden.
Export the report: Download the report as a PDF or CSV for further analysis in Excel.