The advantages of trial balance are:
- It ensures that the transactions recorded in the books of accounts have identical debit and credit amount.
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- Balance of each ledger account has been computed correctly.
- Balance of each and every ledger account has been transferred accurately and on the correct side of the sheet on which trial balance has been prepared.
- The debit and the credit columns of trial balance have been added up correctly.