Businesses use trial balance sheets to calculate the monthly debits and credits posted in their general ledgers. Debits are the money a business spends or loses, while credits are the money a business ...

Many financial systems do a fine job of generating standard reports, but accountants often need more. In those cases, accountants can create custom solutions in Excel, but that approach has drawbacks.

Microsoft Excel offers a wealth of data manipulation tools that may be unavailable in your current program or online database. If you need access to such tools, you may need to transfer your business' ...