Reconciliation Opening Balance Drift Check

Trace an opening balance change to changed or deleted reconciled items. Preparation only, not an account action.

What to provide

Prior reconciliation report, current opening balance and changed-transaction list.

How it works

1. Record the prior closing balance.
2. Compare it to the current opening balance.
3. Match any gap to edited or deleted reconciled transactions.
4. Return the drift trace without undoing reconciliation.

The output

prior_close | current_open | gap | changed_items | matched | undo_unproved

Worked fictional example

Fictional prior close 5000 against current open 4960. The 40 gap matches one edited reconciled receipt; without that match the gap would stay unexplained.

Checks and limits

Keep original values, source IDs and version dates. Unknown facts stay held. Use qualified review for hiring, legal and accounting conclusions. No send, share, sign-in, scheduling, ledger change or payment. Fictional contract review is not a live account compatibility test.

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