How to print a Trial Balance

The trial balance is one of many financial statements and traditionally it was the first to the prepared.

To generate a trial balance follow these steps.  All financial statements are printed from the 'Manage GL Accounts' window.

First open the 'Manage GL Accounts' window.  Select the 'Accounting' menu bar selection and the 'Manage GL Accounts' options.

Below is a slide illustrating the chief accountant's menu bar selection for the DEMOE team.

In this slide the 'Manage GL Accounts' window is shown.

Once the window is open the trial balance can be generated.  All the GL accounts in TeemWork are up dated to the last entry saved.  This translates to up-to-date financial statements.  

Along the top of the 'Manage GL Accounts' window is the button labeled, 'Financial Statements.'  Click this button.  The trial balance is produced and displayed within the TeemWork screen.

Below is the top section of the trial balance.

To see the complete trial balance, click the above slide.

When a financial statement is generate, a hard copy is saved on the local machine.  To learn how to retrieve a stored copy of a trial balance, click here.

At the time the trial balance is produced, two other financial statements are generate and stored.  These financial statements are: the Statement and the Revenue and Expenses Statement.

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