Articles and updates on bank statement conversion, reconciliation and automation.
QuickBooks Online reads a bank CSV with 3 columns (Date, Description, Amount) or 4 (Date, Description, Credit, Debit). Here is the exact format.
Read articleTurn your credit union PDF e-statement into a clean Excel or CSV with the running balance and full multi-year history, not just the short online export window.
Read articleTransfers between your own accounts and credit card payments are not income or expenses. Here is how to categorize them as transfers so you stop double counting your books.
Read articleThe running balance belongs to the statement, not the transaction list. Here is why banks leave it out of downloads, and what you lose when it is missing.
Read articleThe effective entry date is the date you want an ACH payment to settle, and it is not the same as the settlement date. Here is how the two differ and what happens when the date is wrong.
Read articleCombining CSV downloads from several banks means fixing four things first: headers, column order, sign convention and date format. Here is the order to do it in.
Read articleMost states look back three or four years, six for a substantial understatement, and with no limit at all for periods where no return was filed.
Read articleWhat a bookkeeper actually does, what it costs, the questions to ask, and how to prep your records so the first month goes smoothly and you do not overpay.
Read articleGoogle Sheets can't open a PDF directly. Convert the statement to CSV first, then use File > Import to load clean rows with dates, amounts, and running balance.
Read articleTotal each quarter's business deposits, subtract categorized expenses, and apply income tax plus self-employment tax. Here is the bank-statement method for 1040-ES, with the 2026 deadlines and safe-harbor rule.
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