Trial Balance Reports

The trial balance is a list of all the debit and credit balances of all the accounts in the General module.

Use this report to ensure that there have been no processing or entry mistakes, and that the total debits equal the total credits. Refer to the report when preparing adjusting entries at month end, and at the end of your fiscal year. Print this report before you print a balance sheet or income statement to ensure that all account balances are correct. You can generate Trial Balance reports based on your company's financial history.

Historical Opening Balance

This report is only available while your company is in History mode.

The historical opening balance shows you the opening balance for every account in your company and the total Debits and Credits for all accounts.

Comparative Trial Balance

The comparative trial balance allows you to view trial balances for two periods. You can report on amounts, differences by percentage, or differences by amounts.

Net Changes for Period Trial Balance

The net changes for period trial balance allows you to view the changes in account balances for a period. You report on the opening balances, the total Debits and Credits for the period, and the closing balances for all accounts for the period.

Multi-period Trial Balance (Sage 50 Premium Accounting)

The multi-period version compares month-end figures only, and can compare more than two periods at once.

Departmental Trial Balance (Sage 50 Premium Accounting)

The departmental trial balance allows you to view and print account debit and credit balances with separate columns for the departments you select.

To view these reports, open the Report Centre in the Home window, select Financials, and then the trial balance report by name. Click Display.

What do you want to do?

Modify the Trial Balance report

Modify the Historical Opening Balance report

Modify the Comparative Trial Balance report

Display the Multi-period Trial Balance report (Sage 50 Premium Accounting)

Display Departmental Trial Balance report (Sage 50 Premium Accounting)

Modify the Comparative Subsidiary Trial Balance report (Sage 50 Premium Accounting)