The company has journalized and posted all adjusting entries. Next, it prepares another trial balance from the ledger accounts. This is called an adjusted trial balance. An adjusted trial balance is a list of all the accounts with their adjusted balances. The purpose is to ensure that total debit balances are equal to total credit balances in the ledger after all adjustments. Adjusted trial balance is the last step to prepare financial statements. So, we can say that adjusted trial balance is the basis for the preparation of financial statements. Financial statements are prepared from the adjusted trial balance. The correct answer is B.