What's included in the trial balance report

Learn about the Trial Balance report in Sage Accounting and how it helps ensure accurate financial records.

The Trial Balance report shows all your ledger account balances at a set point in time. It checks that total debits and credits match, so you can spot issues before you prepare your financial statements. Use it to confirm your figures are accurate and to support your forecasting and analysis.

What's in the report

The Trial Balance report includes:

• A summary of all nominal ledger accounts
• Cumulative totals of debits and credits
• A year-to-date column for comparing balances across periods

Analyse balances

If you need to investigate specific balances, select an underlined balance:

• If the amount spans multiple accounts or months, the Nominal Activity Summary report opens
• If it’s a single account for a specific month, the Nominal Activity Detailed report opens

To return to the original report, close the open report or select Back in your browser.

View prior-year profits

The Trial Balance report displays all ledger accounts, including prior-year profits. To see a breakdown of the 3100 nominal code, select the checkbox next to Summarise profit and loss values.