Balanced entry
A journal entry whose debits equal its credits. The database refuses to save one that does not, so your books cannot drift out of balance.
In Solo Superstars
The check runs inside the database itself, not in the app code. If a bug ever tried to write an unbalanced entry, the whole save would fail loudly rather than leave a bad number in your balance sheet.
You will only notice it on the manual journal entry form, where the Post button stays disabled until the two totals match.
Example
Debits 1,080 and credits 1,080: saved. Debits 1,080 and credits 1,000: rejected, with nothing written.
Codes shown are the defaults a new workspace starts with. Yours may be renamed or renumbered — check Accounting › Chart of accounts. See the full default chart.
Also called
- balance check
Related
- Journal entry — The record of one event in your books, written as balanced debit and credit lines. Every invoice, bill, payment, and refund creates one behind the scenes.
- Trial balance — A list of every ledger account with its debit or credit total for a date range. The two grand totals must match.
- Double-entry bookkeeping — The system where every transaction touches at least two accounts, one debited and one credited, so the books check themselves.