Reconciliation is the monthly discipline of matching your Bizuno register to your bank statement. Done once a month, it catches every error — duplicate entries, bank fees you forgot to record, and the occasional fraudulent charge — before they compound.

How to get there #

Menu: Banking → Reconciliation
Direct URL pattern: https://yourdomain.com/?bizRt=bnk/reconcile/manager

Before you start #

Have the statement in front of you — paper or a PDF from your bank’s portal. You’ll need:

• The statement start date and end date.
• The opening balance (matches last month’s closing).
• The closing balance.
• Any bank fees or interest on the statement.

Step by step #

1. Click Start Reconciliation.
2. Pick the Bank Account.
3. Enter the statement’s Start / End Date, Opening Balance, and Closing Balance.
4. Add any Service Charge or Interest lines from the statement — Bizuno posts them as adjustments so you don’t have to enter them separately.
5. Click Begin.
6. You’ll see two lists:
   • Deposits and Credits on the left.
   • Checks and Payments on the right.
   Both show every uncleared item from the period you’re reconciling.
7. Tick each item that appears on the statement. The Difference at the bottom updates as you go.
8. When Difference = $0 and every statement line is accounted for, click Finalize. Bizuno marks everything ticked as Cleared, stamps the account’s Last Reconciled date, and files the reconciliation report for historical reference.

What to do if the difference isn’t zero #

The usual suspects, in order of frequency:

1. Bank fee or interest you forgot to include — back up, edit the reconciliation header to add it.
2. A transaction on the statement that isn’t in Bizuno — open a new tab, enter it (as a Cash Receipt, Pay Bills entry, Transfer, or Journal Entry depending on type), come back to reconciliation, and tick the new item.
3. A transaction in Bizuno that isn’t on the statement — either it genuinely hasn’t cleared (leave it unticked — it’ll clear next month) or it was entered to the wrong account (needs correcting before the Difference can go to zero).
4. Amount typo — Bizuno register amount doesn’t match the bank. Find the entry, correct the amount, come back.
5. Duplicate entry — same receipt or bill entered twice. Void one and proceed.

Important: Never “force” a reconciliation closed with an unexplained difference. That difference doesn’t disappear — it becomes next month’s mystery and it’s 10x harder to untangle. Take the time to find it now.

Saving partial progress #

A reconciliation in progress can be saved and resumed. Click Save & Exit; when you come back, pick Resume Reconciliation and your tick-marks are preserved.

Undoing a finalized reconciliation #

If you discover a problem with a reconciliation that’s already been finalized, from the Reconciliation History screen click the row and choose Unreconcile. Bizuno clears all the ticks back to uncleared and reopens the reconciliation for editing. Use sparingly — prior-period edits can affect reports already shared with others.

Credit card reconciliation #

Credit card accounts reconcile exactly the same way. The statement “closing balance” is what you owe; tick off every purchase that appears on the statement, add the finance charge, and finalize. The monthly payment is a separate transfer from Checking to the Credit Card account and will clear on both accounts’ next reconciliations.

Tips for Ridgeline Cycles #

• Reconcile within a week of receiving the statement — the longer you wait, the harder it is.
• Reconcile your Merchant account too. Processor fees and batch payouts sometimes have quirks (reversed transactions, chargebacks) that only surface in reconciliation.
• If a check has been outstanding for more than 90 days, contact the vendor before just “voiding” it — they may have lost it, and voiding without communication can create confusion.
• Keep the statement PDF attached to the Reconciliation record (attachment tab on the reconciliation detail screen) — makes audits trivial.

Where to go next #

• Statement Import — let OFX/QFX do half the matching for you.
• Banking Reports → Reconciliation History — audit prior reconciliations.
• Bank Accounts — verify Last Reconciled is current.