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Trial balance

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The Trial Balance report lists out all the nominal codes which have a balance on them at the chosen report date.

There are three ways in which a Trial Balance can be obtained:

  • Reports - Nominal Ledgers - Trial Balance…
  • From the Nominal Ledger tab of the Client menu, click Trial Balance and then Goto.
  • From the shortcut icon on the Nominal Ledger toolbar.

When you have selected the Trial Balance, the following window appears:

Select the relevant date and options from the Main options and Extra columns tabs in the Client Trial Balance box, click on Report to view and/or print.

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Main Options

Report dates:

Controls which transactions are to be included in the report.

Valuation required:

If correctly set up, the trial balance has the ability to calculate and show the market value of the client’s investments at the report date.

Movements:

If required, the report can be set to show the total movement on each account within the period rather than the balance at the report date.

Keep in portrait:

Depending on the number of extra columns selected, the report prints in landscape. This can be overridden by ticking this option.

Save totals in figure file:

No longer used.

Detailed:

If sub-accounts have been used, ticking this option displays the sub-accounts.

Use long descriptions:

This option displays the long descriptions of the nominal accounts instead of the short descriptions.

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Extra Columns

To date:

This option generates an extra column showing the balances to date, irrespective of the report date.

Last year:

This option generates an extra column showing the balances on the accounts for last year.

Previous year:

This option generates an extra column showing the balances on the accounts for the previous year.

 

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