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trial-balance-generator

Aggregate all posted journal entries for an accounting period into a structured trial balance. The trial balance is the foundation for financial statement preparation — every financial statement line is derived from it.

Inputs

  • period-record — Accounting period record — defines the range the trial balance covers.
  • period_id — Accounting period ID, e.g. 2025-12
  • period
  • journals_folder — scanned for posted JEs
  • current_period_id — Current period id used to side-by-side trial balance with current and prior period, variance column
  • prior_period_id — Prior period id used to side-by-side trial balance with current and prior period, variance column
  • period_id — Period id used to check that total debits equal total credits; flag imbalances and draft JEs

How you ask

  • Prepare period-end management accounts
  • Generate financial statements
  • Validate GL integrity

Outputs

  • comparative-trial-balance (markdown)
  • trial-balance (markdown)
  • validation-report (markdown)
Levelbeginner
Inputdata
Outputspreadsheet
Setup[none]
Roles[Finance Manager]