Trial Balance

Trial Balance report consists of closing balances of all general ledger accounts on a selected dates and is the initial step towards the preparation of financial statements. General ledger balances are accumulated into debit balances and credit balances. Asset and expense accounts appear on the debit side of the trial balance whereas liabilities, capital and income accounts appear on the credit side. Trial balance can also assists in the identification and rectification of errors. Accounts are grouped by GL Account Classes. You can also drill down to the general ledger accounts and transactions by clicking on the account codes

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From and To: This will define the searching range for dates.

No zero values: Clicking on this checkbox and pressing the show button will omit the head of accounts from with no activity (i.e zero balances)

Only Balances: This checkbox will balance off the debit and credit balances of the GL accounts and show them as single figure, for instance if Cash in hand debit value is 100,000 and credit value is 80,000, after clicking this checkbox it will show 20,000 (i.e 100,000 – 80,000)