Reconcile your bank account

Before reconciling your bank account, you should make sure you've entered all of your transactions up to the end date of your bank statement.

Click Bank accounts, then click the relevant bank account.
Click Reconcile.

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Enter the Ending Balance from your statement.
Enter the Statement Date from your statement.

This is the end date, that your statement goes up to.
Enter any Interest Earned and the Date.
Enter any Account Charges and the Date.
Click OK.

If necessary, you can change statement summary information in the Reconcile window by clicking Edit or the pencil icon.

In the Matched transactions pane, check the Last reconciled balance.
Does the Last reconciled balance match the opening balance on the bank statement you're reconciling?
- Yes, it does match - continue to Match your transactions.
- No, it doesn't match - you must identify the reason why.

In the Un-matched transactions pane:

Select the first transaction that appears on your bank statement.
Click Match >>

The transaction moves from the Un-matched transactions pane to the Matched transactions pane.
Repeat Steps 1 and 2 until all transactions match your bank statement.
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If you haven't entered a transaction into Sage 50 Accounts, but it shows on your bank statement, you can post an adjustment.

You can save the reconciliation at any point and complete it later, click Save progress. To open the saved reconciliation, click Use Saved.

At any point before you reconcile, to see a list of currently unmatched items, click Report.

Once you match all the relevant transactions:

Check the Matched Balance and the Statement Balance are the same.

The Difference should be zero. If the difference:

Is zero	Click Reconcile. A progress bar appears while the software flags your transactions and creates a PDF file of your reconciled statement.
Is not zero	You must find out why. If required, click Save progress. Next time you open the Reconcile window, to open the saved reconciliation, click Use Saved.

Click Bank accounts then click the relevant bank account.
Click Reconcile then click OK.
Click View history.

A PDF file appears for each reconciliation, with the file name showing the bank account and reconciliation date.
Double-click the required pdf file.

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