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Month-end close checklist

The close as a dependency chain rather than a to-do list: fifteen steps in the order that avoids doing the reconciliations twice.

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Month-end close checklist
1step · task · owner
21 · Cut off the period — chase outstanding supplier invoices and expense claims ·
32 · Post all routine transactions (sales, purchases, payroll, bank) ·
43 · Reconcile every bank account ·
54 · Reconcile every credit card account ·
65 · Reconcile accounts receivable to the customer subledger ·
Inside the template

Made for the actual work.

  • Steps in dependency order, with the expected result of each
  • Owner and sign-off columns
  • Cash reconciled before accruals, because an accrual is a claim about what is missing

A note on using it

This is a starting point, not a standard. Every business has something in it that does not fit a generic template, and the version worth keeping is the one you have edited. If a line does not answer a question you actually ask, delete it.

The thinking behind it

A month-end close that closes
Make room for what's next

Clear books. A clearer head.

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