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General Ledger is the one recording of transactions in a particular account head to show the actual movement of the transactions and its effects.On the other hand, Trial Balance is the consolidation of GL Account figures which will show the total debit and total credits of each accounts which are configured in GL .
A Trial Balance consists of all debits and all credits of all ledger amounts shown in a summary manner whereas a ledger consist of debit & Credit of a particular account.
A trial balance is an internal document that shows list of accounts and their balances (either Debit or Credit) in the general ledger. It is used to prove the agreement between the total credit and total debit balances.
Ledger accounts on the other hand refers to individual accounts within a particular books of accounts (Ledger). Example Revenue account, expense accounts will be within the general ledger etc
the trial balance is an internal report that documents which accounts have debit balances and which accounts have credit balances and proves that the total of the debit balances is equal to the total of the credit balances.
ledger accounts, is the record containing all the asset, liability, revenue, expense, gain, and loss accounts. Each of these accounts contain the amounts that are pertinent to the account
So the the trial balance gives the balance of each of the accounts in the general ledger
TB is the summary of ledger accounts
The transactions and records from the general journal are transferred to the general ledger accounts. After balances are calculated, they are transferred from the ledger to a trial balance. As of, most organizations use software to record transactions in general ledgers and general journals.
What is the difference between a ledger and a trial balance?
A ledger is often defined as a book of accounts. Today a ledger is most likely an electronic record or file containing a group of accounts. For example, a company's general ledger is the record containing all of its asset, liability, owner equity, revenue, expense, gain, and loss accounts. Each of these accounts will contain the amounts that are pertinent to the account. A trial balance is a listing of the name and the balance of each of the accounts in the general ledger. The trial balance is not a financial statement. Rather, it is an internal report that documents which accounts have debit balances and which accounts have credit balances and proves that the total of the debit balances is equal to the total of the credit balances.
the basic difference between a trail balance and a ledger account is the Ledger accounts contains debit and credit of each particular ledger for example: Debtor's opening balance, their increase, payment received from them, bad debts and their closing balance whilst the trail balance at opening or at closing will only show the final balance opening or closing of an account.In the above example it could be specific Debtor name( for example:ABC) as-well instead of Debtor. Trial Balance are usually drawn at closing, opening trail balance is seen at opening and usually start of business
General Ledger records the double entries of all business activities and the trial balance collates the general ledger accounts for final accounts preparations.
Trial balance is the list of closing balances of all ledger accouts with open items.
ledger accounts are the summery of business transactions while trial balance is the summery of any business.
