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The balance sheet is one of the most important pieces of financial information issued by a company. It is a snapshot of what a company owns and owes at that point in time. Balance sheets can identify and analyze trends, particularly in the area of receivables and payables. It provides information that is useful when assessing the financial stability of a company. It is important to reconcile balance sheet accounts at the end of a period (month, quarter, or year-end) as part of the closing process. Doing so helps to identify errors before closing. All funds within the balance sheet account must be included in the reconciliation, unless previous arrangements are made.
Balance sheet account reconciliation is the comparison of the account’s general ledger trial balance with another source, be it internal, such as a sub ledger, or external, such as a bank statement analyzing differences and making corrections. If reconciliation is not done, inaccurate recording of the transactions would result in incorrect reporting and could lead in crash of resources.
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