Bank Reconciliation
Accounting & Bookkeeping Glossary
Definition
Bank reconciliation is the process of matching your internal financial records against your bank statements to make sure everything lines up. It catches errors, duplicate charges, unauthorized transactions, and missed deposits. If you're not reconciling monthly, you don't actually know how much money you have.
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