Designing a simple tenant ledger

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I'm a controller for a multi-family firm. Recently, I was informed by one of our attorneys that the Sage-supplied tenant ledger is too confusing. He has refused to take it before a judge because he doesn't think it will be easy enough for a judge to understand. 

Is there a way for me to design a simple tenant ledger that just shows a charge or payment on a line and then shows a balance?

Here's an example of what I'd like:

Date Description Charge

Payment

Balance

1/1/17 Rent Charge 500.00 500.00
1/2/17 Payment #200 495.00 5.00
1/3/17 Payment #201 10.00 -5.00

I've made a few attempts at this, but I'm still very inexperienced. If anyone has any hints at how to get this done, it would be much appreciated.