Bank Reconciliation Statement (BRS)
Basics
A Bank reconciliation statement must be prepared so as to reconcile the balances in the various bank accounts as per our Bank book and Bank statement
It is a statement made on a particular date.
There are broadly 4 reasons for the difference between bank balance as shown by the books and that shown by the Bank Statement, viz.:
Transactions entered in to books but not reflected in Bank Statement
a. Cheque received,entered into books, deposited into bank but not cleared and thus not credited to the account.
b. Cheque issued, entered into books but not presented by the payee and thus not debited to the account.
Transactions directly reflected in Bank Statements nut not entered in Books
c. Interest, Dividend or any other income OR any sum deposited into bank directly and not intimated by the Bank to us
d. Interest, Expense or any charges directly debited by Bank and not intimated by Bank
We try to find out the difference in the Balance which fall into any of the above reasons.
All adjustments are made to our Books and not to the Bank Statement as its not in our control.
Bank reconciliation done by accountant properly and BRS prepared every month with all the relevant details.
chequ issued against which 6 months passed for which proper accounting has to be done. i.e original entry to be reversed.
Cheques issued which are more than six months old (i.e invalid cheques) are written bank in the bank accounts.
outstation cheques deposited into bank has not been credited by bank for an unreasonable time.
Bank statements should be obtained and filed periodically (monthly) if feasible, daily statements via the internet can also be obtained.