General Questions
Bank reconciliation is the process of matching your bookkeeping records with your actual bank statement. Sounds like a small task, but it plays a big role. When it’s done right and done regularly, you know exactly how much cash you’ve got, what’s cleared, and what’s still pending. If your records and your bank balance are off, your decisions are based on a version of your business that doesn’t exist. And that’s where things start to unravel. We treat reconciliation as a core service.
More than most business owners realize. It starts small: one missed transaction, a payment that didn’t go through, or a refund that got forgotten. But those add up. You start noticing reports that don’t match your gut. Your profit looks great on paper, but there’s not enough in the account to pay bills. Sometimes, there are charges you didn’t authorize. Or deposits that never showed up. When tax season comes, you’re stuck explaining errors you didn’t know were there. We step in before those headaches hit, finding the gaps and getting your books back in sync with reality.
Every month. That’s the minimum. Monthly reconciliation gives you a rolling snapshot of where your money’s going and catches issues early before they snowball. For some businesses, especially those with a high volume of transactions weekly or bi-weekly may make sense. But if you’re not doing it at least once a month, you’re opening the door to surprises. Surprises in finance rarely mean something good. When we handle your reconciliation, we make it part of your ongoing workflow built-in, automatic, and off your plate.
We make it straightforward. First, we securely connect to your accounting platform and banking system. Then, we comb through each transaction line-by-line, matching deposits, payments, fees, and transfers. Any mismatches or uncleared items get flagged, researched, and fixed. We’ll correct double entries, missed expenses, and all those little issues that quietly throw off your totals. Then, we wrap it all up in a clear summary report you can actually use.
No problem. Really. You’re not alone. We’ve helped plenty of small business owners who hadn’t touched their books in ages. Whether things fell behind during a busy season, a change in staff, or just the chaos of running everything on your own we get it. We’ll go back, one month at a time, and clean it all up. We’ll find the missing pieces, sort through the noise, and bring it all current. No judgment. Just clarity and clean books going forward.
Chamberlain and Good Company LLC
Louisville, KY 40206
(502) 579-8650
Monday-Thursday
9:00 am to 4:00 pm EST
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