Checkbook Reconciliation
If you can't get your checking account to balance your first step should be to find out the amount in difference. Sometimes that will clue you in as to what is wrong. If not examine these areas for the following common mistakes:
1. You made a mistake in adding or subtracting in your checkbook.
2. You forgot to list a check that is still outstanding. Perhaps it is still outstanding from last month's statement.
3. Transposition errors. Perhaps you entered 64.00 in your checkbook when you should have entered 46.00. A good way to test this is to divide the difference by 9. If it is divisible by 9, there is a good chance you made a transposition error.
4. You forgot to record a check or a deposit
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