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Reports in the General Ledger - Trial Balance

The Trial Balance is a report showing all individual Account balances. It is mostly used for reconciliation. You cannot alter the definition of the Trial Balance report, but you can determine the Transactions that are to be included.

When printed to screen, the Trial Balance has the Books by HansaWorld Drill-down feature. Click on the Account Number of any Account in the report to open the General Ledger Report for the same Account and period. When in the General Ledger report, you can click on any Transaction Number to open an individual Transaction record.

The totals of the three columns in the report should each be zero, signifying that in your accounts the total debits and the total credits are equal. If this is not the case, there may be an error in one or more of your Transactions that should be corrected immediately.

To print the Trial Balance, ensure you are in the General Ledger and click the [Reports] button in the Master Control panel. Then double-click 'Trial Balance' in the 'Reports' list. The 'Specify Trial Balance' window is opened.

Period
Paste Special    Reporting Periods setting, System module
Enter the period for which you want to produce the Trial Balance. The first period in the Reporting Periods setting is the default value.

Accounts
Paste Special    Account register, General Ledger/System module
Range Reporting    Alpha
Limit the report to a certain Account, or a range of Accounts.

Tax Code
Paste Special    Tax Codes setting, General Ledger
Enter a Tax Code here to restrict the report to Transaction rows with a certain Tax Code.

Used Accounts Only
With this box checked, the report will only show Accounts with Transactions registered during the report period, and/or with balances brought forward from a previous period.

List Transaction Nos
With this box checked, the Transaction Numbers of all Transactions that fall within the reporting period, together with debit and credit totals, will be listed at the bottom of the report. All Transactions will be listed, irrespective of any restrictions in the scope of the report specified in the fields above.
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