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name: bank-reconciliation-exception-ledger
description: Build a bank-to-ledger balance bridge and unresolved-item register without posting adjustments or claiming an account is reconciled.
license: CC-BY-4.0
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# Bank Reconciliation Exception Ledger

## Inputs
Same-period bank statement, dated cash ledger, opening balance, payment/deposit evidence, currency and approved reconciliation policy.

## Workflow
1. Confirm account, entity, currency and cutoff period; verify the opening balance ties to the last approved reconciliation.
2. Match bank and ledger movements using references and amounts. Preserve unmatched transactions and duplicate references.
3. Explain timing differences only from evidence; list unrecorded fees or deposits for accountant review. Recompute the adjusted balance on both sides.
4. Return a balance bridge and exceptions. Do not post a journal, contact the bank, close a period or call an unexplained gap reconciled.

## Output contract
item | bank amount | ledger amount | difference | timing/error/unknown | source | proposed review | reviewer status

## Fictional acceptance test
Fictional bank balance $1,000 plus $100 deposit in transit minus $50 outstanding payment equals adjusted bank $1,050. Ledger $1,070 minus a documented $20 bank fee equals $1,050. The arithmetic ties but the fee adjustment awaits approval, so status is pending reviewer, not posted.

## Review gates
Recompute 1000+100-50=1050 and 1070-20=1050. Remove the fee document to test that the $20 explanation becomes unknown. The method source is a government control guide, not a universal private-company accounting policy.

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Method source: https://sao.wa.gov/bars-annual-filing/bars-gaap-manual/accounting/accounting-principles-and-internal-control/bank-reconciliations