What is the difference between a trial balance and a balance sheet?

A trial balance is an internal report that will remain in the accounting department. It is a listing of all of the accounts in the general ledger and their balances. However, the debit balances are entered in one column and the credit balances are entered in another column. Each column is then summed to prove that the total of the debit balances is equal to the total of the credit balances.A balance sheet is one of the financial statements that will be distributed outside of the accounting department and is often distributed outside of the company. The balance sheet is organized into sections or classifications such as current assets, long-term investments, property, plant and equipment, other assets, current liabilities, long-term liabilities, and stockholders' equity. Only the asset, liability, and stockholders' equity account balances from the general ledger or from the trial balance are then presented in the appropriate section of the balance sheet. Totals are also provided for each section to assist the reader of the balance sheet. The balance sheet is also referred to as the statement of financial position or the statement of financial condition.

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Trial Balance :

Is a list showing the accounts or balances also appeared in the ledger. The importance of such features is to make sure that the total debits equal the total credit balances in the ledger, giving the impression that the processors and accounting steps that are made under the deportation and rationalizing may be accurate and correct, and inequality refers to an error that is certain in the previous steps, or even in the preparation of the same trial balance in addition to the above, preparation of trial balance properly and accurately, and can easily prepare financial statements at any time and often what has been the adoption of the monthly trial balance.

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Is a statement accounting for economic unity as at a specified date, is obtained important information from this menu of financial liquidity, especially over economic unity by using certain financial ratios, and includes Thelih key elements:

Assets.

Liabilities (liabilities).

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And daily operations of accounting, which belong to the elements of this list and other lists, are recorded in the journal, and migrated to the so-called general ledger, and then to trial balance, for up to the balance sheet of the asset in this information accuracy often Budget issued for the entire fiscal year, except for Constituent budget issued at the beginning of the period of work and often the budget to be approved in accordance with the accounting standards on a suspended 31-12 each year.

Major difference may be described in terms of;

Purpose:

Trial Balance - to varify ledger accounts' balance.

Balance Sheet - to show financial position of the entity at a specific point of time.

Technicality:

Trial Balance - includes ALL ledger account balances.

Balance sheet - does not include temporary accounts.

Users:

Trial Balance - internal. i.e Accounts / Finance personnel

Balance Sheet - external. i.e shareholders, lenders etc.

Trial balance contains all the closing balances of various ledgers account. Is a process and beginning of preparing financial statements. While Balance sheet is a statement of financial position as at a particular date. It contains all balances of assets and liabilities for the period, normally a year.

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1.While trial balance is prepared to check the arithmetical accuracy of the various ledger accounts whereas balance sheet goes much beyond arithmetical accuracy it is more comprehensive in nature and it depicts the financial position of the company for the financial year.

2.After preparing the trial Balance, one cannot ascertain the profit or loss which the company has made during the year as it is made first however preparation of balance Sheet is the final step (it is prepared after trading account and profit and loss account) one gets to know the exact amount of profit or loss which the company made during the year.

3.In trial balance closing stock does not appear and also adjustments relating to prepaid expense, accrued income etc…, are not made  whereas in the balance sheet closing stock of goods appear on the asset side and also various adjustments relating to prepaid expense, accrued income etc…, have to made in order to fully reflect the financial position of the business.

4.There are two sides in trial balance one is named debit and other is named credit, in these two sides total of real, personal and nominal accounts is posted from the ledger, whereas in the balance sheet the two sides are named as asset and liability.

5.While trial balance is for internal purpose and therefore it can be prepared frequently, also one does not need to follow a particular format in accordance with accounting standards whereas balance sheet is seen by outsiders like creditors, shareholders, government, credit rating agencies and other such outside parties and therefore it is prepared once in a year or at the end of accounting period, also it needs to be prepared in a particular format as specified by the accounting standard.

The difference between a trial balance and a balance sheet like following:

A trial balance is an internal report that will remain in the accounting department. It is a listing of all of the accounts in the general ledger and their balances. However, the debit balances are entered in one column and the credit balances are entered in another column. Each column is then summed to prove that the total of the debit balances is equal to the total of the credit balances. A balance sheet is one of the financial statements that will be distributed outside of the accounting department and is often distributed outside of the company. The balance sheet is organized into sections or classifications such as current assets, long-term investments, property, plant and equipment, other assets, current liabilities, long-term liabilities, and stockholders' equity. Only the asset, liability, and stockholders' equity account balances from the general ledger or from the trial balance are then presented in the appropriate section of the balance sheet. Totals are also provided for each section to assist the reader of the balance sheet. The balance sheet is also referred to as the statement of financial position or the statement of financial condition.

Trial Balance is the trial version of balance sheet. It include all the accounts from income statement and balance sheet. But in accounting it is still a rough document/work not an official work.

Trial balance includes all accounts balances of a corporate . But balance sheet includes permanent accounts balances only .

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1. A trial balance is a list of all the general ledger accounts contained in the ledger of a business. This list will contain the name of each nominal ledger account and the value of that nominal ledger balance. Each nominal ledger account will hold either a debit balance or a credit balance. The debit balance values will be listed in the debit column of the trial balance and the credit value balance will be listed in the credit column. The trading profit and loss statement and balance sheet and other financial reports can then be produced using the ledger accounts listed on the trial balance.
2. Balance sheet or statement of financial position is a summary of the financial balances of an individual or organisation, whether it be a sole proprietorship, a business partnership, a corporation, Private limited company or other organization such as Government or not-for-profit entity. Assets, liabilities and ownership equity are listed as of a specific date, such as the end of its financial year. A balance sheet is often described as a "snapshot of a company's financial condition". Of the four basic financial statements, the balance sheet is the only statement which applies to a single point in time of a business' calendar year.

   A standard company balance sheet has three parts: assets, liabilities, and ownership equity. The main categories of assets are usually listed first, and typically in order of liquidity. Assets are followed by the liabilities. The difference between the assets and the liabilities is known as equity or the net assets or the net worth or capital of the company and according to the accounting equation, net worth must equal assets minus liabilities

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