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Trial Balance

    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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