Sub ledgers don't match financial statements

I am new to Sage.  I am reviewing books for a client and find that none of their sub ledgers (A/R, A/P or Inventory) match the financial statements.  In QuickBooks I know how to trouble shoot these; but not so in Sage.  Can someone point out the common mistakes clients make when recording transactions in Sage that create these discrepancies?

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  • 0 in reply to JanT
    A bit of a clarification on this.

    The A/R trial balance and the A/P trial balance "should" agree to the general ledger at all times as long as general journal entries have not been against the control accounts. They display based on the general ledger posting dates.

    The A/R aged invoice report has an option to display based on the general ledger posting dates or the invoice dates. Ideally they should be the same however, if you accidentally record an invoice that has a invoice date of 2//5/17 and post it to the general ledger on 1/31/17, the two options will give different results.

    The A/P aged invoice report always reports based upon the invoice date. There is no option like there is in A/R. The A/P trial balance always reports based on general ledger posting date.

    I understand why the A/P module allows for mismatched dates, but I don't really understand why A/R should allow for mismatching dates. I really wish we could get an option in A/R that would prevent (or at least warn of) mismatching dates. I would love that for checks as well.