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The Trial Balance report lists all your accounts and their balances on a particular date. Each account shows either a debit balance value or a credit balance value, listed in either the debit column (Dr) or credit (Cr) column.

The purpose of a Trial Balance is to prove that the value of all the debit value balances equals the total of all the credit value balances. If the total of the two columns differ, this would indicate an error in the accounts. Since every transaction in EasyBooks is a double-entry between two accounts there should never be a difference in these totals. However, it is possible to make errors in the initial setup of your opening balances. If you see the line Opening Balances in your report, refer to the next heading to find out more.

It is possible to make errors in the initial setup of opening balances such that your accounts are not in balance. If this is the case, EasyBooks shows a line labelled Opening Balances at the end of the report, together with the amount needed to bring the accounts back into balance. You should review your opening balances if this line appears.

Every transaction moves money from one account to another without loss. For example, if you pay dividends, you will normally pay these as a transaction between your Bank account and one of your Capital / Net Worth accounts, such as your Retained profit account. The balance of both accounts is affected by the same amount because the double-entry system is managed by EasyBooks. This is not the case for your Opening Balances. If you are setting opening balances, be careful to use the correct figures for all accounts so the accounts are still in balance. Use the Trial Balance report to check. If the Opening Balances line appears, your accounts are not balanced.

You can use Previous and Next to change the report date quickly to the previous or next financial period. The report will run for the last date of the financial period selected.

You can use Previous and Next to change the report date quickly to the previous or next financial period. The report will run for the last date of the financial period selected.

In the report screen, click  located in the top-right corner of the screen, followed by one of the send options.

You can use Previous and Next to change the report date quickly to the previous or next financial period. The report will run for the last date of the financial period selected.

You can set the date to run the report for a different point in time.

If you have any accounts in a container account, only the total for the container is presented in the report. Use this option to show all the individual accounts. For information about container accounts, please refer to "Adding or Editing an Account".

Add a second date to the report using this option. This is typically used to compare how the figures have changed from one date to another. Enter the comparison date in the field provided.