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name: general-ledger-posting-period-check
description: Check that transactions posted to the right period so cutoff errors do not distort the close.
license: CC-BY-4.0
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# General Ledger Posting Period Check

## Inputs
The journal listing, the period calendar and the document dates.

## Workflow
1. List postings near period boundaries.
2. Compare each posting date to its document date.
3. Flag postings in the wrong period.
4. Return the check without reclassing entries.

## Output contract
Entry | document date | posted period | flag | reviewer

## Fictional acceptance test
Fictional boundary scan: 40 postings within 5 days of close; 37 match their document period and 3 carry a prior-month document date. Flag 3 postings.

## Review gates
Re-check approved cutoff exceptions before flagging. The check surfaces candidates; the accountant reclasses.

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Method source: https://corporatefinanceinstitute.com/resources/accounting/general-ledger/