# Reconciliation Ending Balance Entry Check

Check the entered statement balance and date before diagnosing transaction errors.

## Scope
Preparation and review only. No account action or professional decision.

## Inputs
Bank statement, reconciliation header, account ID, ending date/balance, beginning balance and sign convention.

## Workflow
1. Match account and statement period first.
2. Compare entered ending date and amount to the statement source.
3. Show the signed entry difference under one convention.
4. Keep header-entry issues separate from transaction changes; no reconciliation edit or adjustment.

## Output contract
account | statement_end | entered_end | statement_balance | entered_balance | entry_gap | review

## Fictional acceptance test
Fictional statement ending balance 1200, entered 1020 gives entered-minus-statement=-180. Flag the header mismatch; do not create an 180 adjustment or mark random transactions cleared.

## Review gates
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.

## Method source
https://quickbooks.intuit.com/learn-support/en-us/help-article/statement-reconciliation/fix-issues-end-reconciliation-quickbooks-online/L3mZimyAb_US_en_US

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