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The QuickBooks Advanced Reporting (QBAR) is a feature that allows you to create customized reports. You can use your data to build your report based on your specific needs. While the Quickbooks Statement Writer is an add-on package for creating professional financial statements that comply with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP).
If you want to know more about these two features in QuickBooks Desktop (QBDT), consider checking out these articles:
On the other hand, running a Trial Balance report by month is currently unavailable. As a workaround, you can either export the report for each month manually or pull up the Balance Sheet report instead and filter it by month.
This can be done by clicking the Customize Report option at the top left, then selecting Month in the Display columns by on the Display tab.
To learn more about managing and customizing reports in QBDT, you may visit this article for further guidance: Customize reports in QuickBooks Desktop.
If you have any additional questions, feel free to leave a comment below. I'll be more than happy to help. Have a wonderful day!
