Trial Balance [Summary]

Index to Reports: General Ledger Tab

For each account, displays the account balance at the beginning of a date range, the total debits and credits within the date range, the net activity, and the balance at the end of the date range.

Report Tip:

This calculates the changes in your account balances for the month. Look at the Net Activity column and try to spot errors (amounts way out of whack). To check for omissions, be sure to check the Include $0.00 Balances checkbox in the Report Filters window. If a normally active account has zero activity for the month, you probably forgot to make an entry.
Usually the summary report, rather than the longer detail report, is adequate. The summary report gives you one line (beginning balance, total debits, total credits, net activity, and ending balance) per account. If needed, you can generate a Trial Balance [Detail] report for the month. This will generate a line for every transaction (it can be a huge print-out) entered during the month.
Enter the first day and last day of the month in the Date Range fields. Run the report for all accounts. To be complete, check the Include $0.00 Balances checkbox.

Summary Trial Balance

12/1/00 through 12/31/00

Account #

Account Name

Beginning Balance

 

Total Debit

Total Credit

Net Activity

 

Ending Balance

 

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1-1100

Checking Account

$3,050.73

 

$6,000.00

$323.90

$5,676.10

 

$8,726.83

 

1-2200

Finished Goods

$77,077.11

 

$283.18

$0.00

$283.18

 

$77,360.29

 

1-3000

Accounts Receivable

$49,046.46

 

$10,000.00

$16,000.00

$6,000.00

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$43,046.46

 

2-1200

Accounts Payable

$13,093.04

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$11,880.00

$12,212.13

$332.13

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$13,425.17

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6-1200

Car & Truck Expenses

$0.00

 

$100.00

$0.00

$100.00

 

$100.00

 

6-1700

Freight Paid

$0.00

 

$48.95

$0.00

$48.95

 

$48.95

 

6-1800

Insurance (other than health)

$0.00

 

$45.00

$0.00

$45.00

 

$45.00

 

6-2000

Legal & Professional Services

$0.00

 

$178.90

$0.00

$178.90

 

$178.90

 
   

Total:

$28,536.03

$28,536.03