Short answer
How do I know debit and credit were reversed in a trial balance forecast?
The strongest signal is a broad sign flip: normal debit accounts become negative, while liabilities or equity move in the opposite direction. Review the source TB columns before editing forecast rules.
Symptoms
What to Check
- Cash and receivables: cash, AR, inventory, or fixed assets are unexpectedly negative at the start.
- Debt and payables: liabilities appear as the opposite sign from the source trial balance.
- Equity: capital stock or retained earnings may look inverted compared with the accounting export.
- Totals: the imported balance sheet fails before any forecast transaction is added.
- Source columns: debit and credit columns may be swapped, netted, or exported with a sign convention the model does not expect.
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