Trial Balance Report
  • 14 Apr 2023
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You are here: FIMS Other Features > Reports > General Ledger Reports > Trial Balance Report

Trial Balance Report

This report provides debit and credit balances for the selected account(s) as of a selected period. If you select 0 as the period, the report will print beginning Fund balances.

NOTE: The G/L year and the selected period appear in the header of the report.

NOTE: You can access this report from anywhere in FIMS by selecting Reports > General Ledger > Trial Balance.

Trial Balance Report

Trial Balance Report Fields

Field

Description

G/L Account Key

The full General Ledger account number for each account.

Description

A text description of the purpose of the account.

Debit

The amount of any debit transactions for the account.

Credit

The amount of any credit transactions for the account.

Totals

The total amount in the debit and the credit columns.

Difference

The difference between the debit and credit account totals.

Running the Trial Balance Report

  1. In the General Ledger module, select Reports > Trial Balance. The Trial Balance Parameters window opens.

    Trial Balance Parameters Window
  2. Click the arrow in the Fiscal Year drop-down box and select the year that you want to use as the basis for your report.
  3. Click the arrow in the Through Period drop-down box and select the period (00-13) that you want to include in the report. 

          NOTE: If you select 00, the report will print beginning Account balances for the selected year.

  1. If you want to include accounts that have a zero balance, select the Include Zero Balance Accounts checkbox. If you do not want to include these accounts, clear the checkbox.
  2. Click OK.
  3. Configure the desired Selection and Sorting criteria as you would for any standard FIMS report and then click the Run Report button.



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