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What Points should one have to check while Ledger Reconciliations?

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Question added by Masumali Saiyed , Chief Accountant , Osh United Company
Date Posted: 2015/12/02
Sudersan Thapa
by Sudersan Thapa , Accountant , Thumbay Dental Hospital

1. Check that beginning balance are matching with the ending balance from the previous period. If the amount do not match, inspect the reason for the variance.

2. Examine whether the ledger statements from Income heads are having credit balances and expense heads are having debit balances, if they are unnatural with respect to their type inspect those ledger as there might be some wrong entries, adjustments and reversals.

3. For vendors, customers  and banks we require their ledger statement to match with ours in order to find the variances. Always communicate, follow up and get their statement on timely basis and resolve the discrepancies or unequal balances.

4. Be familiar with accounting principles and company's accounting policies. Check the wrong entries, gather the information and pass the adjustment and reversals after getting rights from the department head.

FARHAN SAFDAR
by FARHAN SAFDAR , IT Manager , Shamal Securities Systems

Reconciling the General Ledger account vs the sub ledgers account & In order to verify that list of purchase ledger balances has been correctly extracted; we need to ensure that the total of the list balances should be equal to the balance of the Control Account. 

Harish K
by Harish K , Team Leader , FMPL (Ford Motor Private Limited

1) GL balance should exactly match with Sub ledger balance.

 

2) whether all the transaction are posted in correct accounting period.

 

3) No unreconciled item.

Tamir Ahmed
by Tamir Ahmed , Procurement Financial Analyst , Boeing

Reconciling the General Ledger account vs the subledger account

mahamood abdulrahman
by mahamood abdulrahman , Chief Financial Officer , DOCKETS INTERNATIONAL

mainly check the entries from TB closing balances, subsidiary books. whether it is posted right and proper head of accounts and correct period. if any amount showing credit in expense account and debit in income account should check and make it ensure.

Sivasankar Thanapathi
by Sivasankar Thanapathi , General Accounting Manager , NAQUA

Fist make sure whether opening balance is matching with the closing balance from the previous period. If the amount do not match, inspect the reason for the variance and GL balance should exactly match with Sub ledger balance. No unreconciled items.

Fazal Rabi Rabi
by Fazal Rabi Rabi , Manager accounts

Check the entries from the .closing balances,subsidiary books . whether it is posted on correct proper t head of accounts and correct period. The consolidation is correct.

mohammed alzubi
by mohammed alzubi , business owner , Al Khozama Transport & Shipping Co.

1.  To check that beginning balance are matching with the ending balance from the previous B.C. If the amount do not match, inspect the reason for the variance.

 

2. For vendors, customers  and banks we require their ledger statement to match with ours in order to find the variances. Always communicate, follow up and get their statement on timely basis and resolve the discrepancies or unequal balances.

 

3. Be familiar with accounting principles and company's accounting policies. Check the wrong entries, gather the information and pass the adjustment and reversals after getting rights from the department head.

 

4. Examine whether the ledger statements from Income heads are having credit balances and expense heads are having debit balances, if they are unnatural with respect to their type inspect those ledger as there might be some wrong entries, adjustments and reversals.

 

Jammula Srinivas
by Jammula Srinivas , Finance Manager , PRIMUS Group

Check and focus on the balances which are not present any of the two ledgers to be reconciled. Analyse the reasons for their absence and try to solve the issue

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