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Trial Balance

NIOS · Class 12 · Accountancy

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Meaning and Definition of Trial Balance

  • Trial Balance is a statement — NOT an account. It is merely a list or schedule.
  • It contains balances of ALL ledger accounts on a particular date.
  • It has two columns: Debit Balance column and Credit Balance column.
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Objectives of Preparing Trial Balance

  • OBJECTIVE 1 — To Check Arithmetical Accuracy: Verifies that correct amounts have been posted to correct accounts on correct sides in the ledger.
  • OBJECTIVE 2 — To Help in Preparing Financial Statements: Balances from Trial Balance are directly used to prepare Trading A/c, P&L A/c, and Balance Sheet.
  • OBJECTIVE 3 — To Help in Locating Errors: If totals do not tally, it signals the presence of errors in ledger posting.
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Format and Steps to Prepare Trial Balance

  • Trial Balance has THREE columns: Name of the Ledger Account, Debit Amount (₹), and Credit Amount (₹).
  • Some formats also include a Ledger Folio (LF) column between the account name and amounts.
  • The heading includes the name of the business firm and the date ('As at ...').
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Methods of Preparing Trial Balance

  • METHOD 1 — BALANCE METHOD: Only the NET balance (debit or credit) of each account is shown. This is the most commonly used method in practice.
  • METHOD 2 — TOTAL METHOD (also called Gross Method): The total of BOTH sides (debit total and credit total) of every account is shown without balancing them.
  • METHOD 3 — BALANCE-TOTAL METHOD (Combined Method): Both the totals of each side AND the net balance are shown. It has four amount columns — Total Dr., Total Cr., Balance Dr., Balance Cr.

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