reconcile-accounts

name	reconcile-accounts
description	Reconcile bank and balance-sheet accounts to source before any statement ships. Reach for this first on any reporting question.

Skill: Reconcile accounts

Un-reconciled accounts produce authoritative-looking, wrong numbers (§3 #2).

Step 1 — List the accounts

Every bank/CC/balance-sheet account requiring a tie-out.

Step 2 — Tie to source

Match each to an independent statement; investigate variances (§3 #2).

Step 3 — Clear reconciling items

Outstanding checks, deposits in transit, timing differences.

Step 4 — Gate the report

Don't ship statements until accounts reconcile (§3 #2).

Output

A reconciliation status gating the report. Traverse Tree 3 in the decision-trees file.