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Big Red Book Accounts v5
Doing the Bank Reconciliation
Having done both the preparatory work and the ticking (see Preparing to do a Bank Reconciliation), your
bank account records should be completely up-to-date. The bank balance in your records is termed the
Actual or True Bank Balance since it is now more accurate than the statement balance. Any difference
between the bank balance according to your records and the statement balance can now only be due to
outstanding items. The bank reconciliation process itself simply consists of taking the statement balance,
adding the total of outstanding items (i.e. unticked items) and seeing if the result is the same as the Actual
Bank Balance.
To do a Bank Reconciliation:
Select the Bank Account to Reconcile in
Lookup / Bank Accounts,
Setup - Bank Accounts
and click on
the Reconcile button or select via
Reports / Bank Accounts / Bank Reconciliation
.
You should now be looking at the
Bank Reconciliation
screen, similar to that shown below .
The Bank Reconciliation screen
Important Note:
If you have been ticking off items from bank statements it is generally not possible to re-do a bank
reconciliation for an earlier period. This is because all items for that period will have subsequently cleared
through the bank and have been ticked, thus making it impossible to calculate the outstanding items total for
that period.
Include Entries Up To
This will default to the current month. Select a different month as required.
Bank Statement Date
The date of the last calendar day in the month selected is displayed. Change to the actual Bank Statement
Date if different.
Bank Statement Balance (Minus if Overdrawn)
Enter the balance on the bank statement.
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