Trial balance
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A. A trial balance is a list of accounts and their balances at a point in time.
B. The trial balance tests for the equality of the debit and credit account balances as required by double-entry accounting.
C. Three steps to prepare a trial balance are as follows:
1. List each account and its amount (from the ledger).
2. Compute the total debit balances and the total credit balances.
3. Verify (prove) total debit balances equal total credit balances.

