Balance Sheet Account reconciliations

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Anil

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27 June 2008 Please let me know what one means when he/she says "Balance Sheet Account reconciliations" are to be done?

Amit Bajaj

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27 June 2008 Balance Sheet Account Reconciliations:

Not all accounts are created equal. For some accounts, reconciliation means “agree the balance on the regular financial reports to a supporting system.” (A “supporting or subsidiary system” is a non- core financial system that is used internally by the dept. to keep track of transactions. It can be anything from a simple handwritten list or Excel spreadsheet to a Quicken-type program or even a larger system). In other cases, reconciliation means “provide a list of transactions that make up the balance and assure that all the transactions have been properly classified.” An illustrative list of the various types of accounts where reconciliation has to be made is provided as under.

For assets these include:
• Bank Accounts
• Accounts Receivables
• Pledges & Trusts Receivable
• Investments
• Land, Buildings and Equipment
• Gifts in kind, held for Liquidation

For liabilities these include:
• Accounts Payable
• Accrued Payroll
• Accrued Vacation & Benefits
• Taxes Payable
• Loans and Notes Payable

S.Srinivasaraghavan

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27 June 2008 It also means agreeing of General Ledger with balance sheet and agreeing of aggregate of balances in subsidiary ledger with General ledger.

Anil

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08 July 2008 Thank you sirs

Pankaj Gandhi Jaiswal

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12 June 2011 Balance sheet account reconciliation as you asked in the question is not clear...if you are using tally software then all accounts reflected in tally is actually auto generated then no need of reconciliation of Tally Balance sheet with ledgers..however if you draft this same balance sheet in excel sheet as per TB generated by tally then each ledger presented in sheet must be tallied with tally ledgers... similarly if you use another software for accounting and you draft this same balance sheet in excel sheet as per TB generated by this software then each ledger presented in excel must be tallied with software ledgers

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