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Review the Trial Balance

Review net balances as of one date or compare balances at two dates.

Review account balances as of one date or compare two reporting dates.

Steps

  1. Open Reports > Trial Balance.
  2. As of Date opens by default with one Account column and one net Debit

or Credit balance per account, matching the standard three-column Trial Balance layout. Choose Comparison only when you need two dates.

  1. Choose a Report Period. In As of Date, its ending date is the As of

date, capped at today for an in-progress current period. In Comparison, From and To are two complete as-of dates. Choose Custom Range to edit the visible dates, then select Apply.

  1. Review the Debit and Credit balances and the report totals.
  2. Investigate unexpected balances through General Ledger.
  3. Use Export CSV or Print when required. The CSV follows the selected view.

Accounting Method

The current interface displays Accrual Basis and does not allow the Accounting Method selector to be changed. It presents the completed double-entry ledger, including posted Journal Entries and opening-balance counterparts. A cash-basis Trial Balance is not currently provided; compare a cash-basis report only with guidance from your Accountant.

Included accounting activity

The report includes both debit and credit sides of applicable completed transactions and posted Journal Entry lines. Reversal entries offset reversed originals while both remain in the ledger history. An account opening balance has an equal opposite entry in Opening Balance Equity. Inactive accounts with history remain included.

Important boundaries

  • Trial Balance remains an as-of report. From and To produce two complete

Trial Balances in Comparison; they do not filter the report to period activity.

  • Both views offset Debit and Credit activity within each account and present

the remaining net balance on one side for each date. Comparison groups Debit and Credit under each date and keeps Account code and name together. These changes affect presentation and CSV columns, not postings or opening balances.

  • A balanced Trial Balance does not guarantee that every Category or tax treatment is correct.
  • Accounts Receivable and Accounts Payable subledgers are not implemented in the current Journal Entry model.
  • Use account detail and source documents to investigate unusual balances.