[GNC] GNUcash 5 - Trial Balance

[Chris Bastock]

Thanks for all the input. 
I am aware that both TB and Balance sheet are snapshots on a particular date and of the respective uses of both of them. Personally I’m happy with the TB report and I do it periodically throughout the year. I guess my reason for asking was only because my accountant had asked specifically for a TB covering only the financial year that they were auditing the accounts for. 

The TB report options are misleading as it does offer a date range. Maybe the only solution to keeping my accountant happy is to close the books each year (although according to the GNUCash manual this isn’t necessary).

The zero balances I was referring to were more to do with accounts that I just don’t use. So the take home for me is that I need to clean up my account tree!

Thanks everyone, appreciate the input and support. 
Cheers. 
Chris 

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> On 28 Apr 2023, at 05:19, Liz <edodd at billiau.net> wrote:
> 
> On Thu, 27 Apr 2023 16:44:17 +0100
> Chris Bastock via gnucash-user <gnucash-user at gnucash.org> wrote:
> 
>> I also not that on the TB there is no way to filter for accounts with
>> a zero balance. This means manually removing them. 
> 
> Is this really desirable? If I was your auditor, I would want to see
> accounts with a zero balance. They may have had a balance in a previous
> period.
> 
> 
> Liz