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Pyalm Books posts every transaction to a double-entry ledger, so debits and credits are kept in step by design and the trial balance comes straight from the books. Free while in beta.
Paste your trial balance from your accounting system or a spreadsheet. The tool totals both sides and, if they differ, suggests the usual causes so you know where to start looking.
Paste the trial balance from your accounting system or Excel — account, debit and credit columns.
Pyalm Books posts every transaction to a double-entry ledger, so debits and credits are kept in step by design and the trial balance comes straight from the books. Free while in beta.
In double-entry bookkeeping every entry has equal debits and credits, so a trial balance that does not balance means a one-sided entry, a posting to the wrong side, a transposition, or an arithmetic slip. The difference itself is a clue: divisible by 9 suggests transposed digits or a misplaced decimal; equal to one line suggests a missing half; equal to twice a line suggests it went to the wrong side.
Even when debits equal credits, the books can still be wrong: an entry posted to the wrong account, an omitted transaction, an error of principle, or two errors that offset. The trial balance is a check on arithmetic, not on accuracy. Always follow it with analytical review and reconciliations.
📖 Read the full guide: Trial Balance Doesn't Balance? Find the Error
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One row per account with a debit and a credit column, or a single signed balance column (positive = debit). Rows labelled 'Total' are ignored so they aren't counted twice.
Swapping two adjacent digits changes a number by a multiple of 9 (540 → 450 differs by 90). It's a prompt to look for a transposition, but one in nine random differences is divisible by 9 too, so it is not proof.
No. The trial balance is checked entirely in your browser.
