Bank Reconciliation Review: Why Doesn't My Balance Match?
Find reasons for a difference between books and bank.
Added October 15, 2026. Written with AI assistance and checked for clarity and placeholders; not reviewed by a lawyer, accountant, clinician or other professional. How these prompts are made
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Help me investigate a bank reconciliation difference. Bank statement balance and date: [BANK_BALANCE]. Book balance: [BOOK_BALANCE]. Outstanding cheques or payments: [OUTSTANDING_ITEMS]. Deposits in transit: [DEPOSITS_IN_TRANSIT]. Bank fees and interest not yet recorded: [FEES_AND_INTEREST]. Compute the adjusted bank balance and adjusted book balance with the arithmetic and show the remaining difference. Suggest checks in order: transposed digits (difference divisible by 9), a duplicate entry (difference equals a transaction), a missing entry (difference equals a bank line), wrong sign, wrong date cut-off, and bank errors. Make a checklist for tracing and a table of items found. Provide a way to record the reconciliation and a monthly routine. Use only my figures. This is a bookkeeping aid, not accounting advice. Add a worked example: bank 10,450, outstanding cheques 1,200, deposit in transit 600 gives adjusted bank 9,850; books 9,894 minus bank fee 25 and plus interest 4 gives 9,873; a 23 difference that suggests a transposition (difference divisible by 9 would be a clue) or a missing entry to trace.
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