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Suspense Accounts: When to Use One and How to Clear It Before Close

Suspense Accounts: When to Use One and How to Clear It Before Close

Posted yesterday by Sherman Hsieh

Suspense account entries in and out, a worked clearing example, aging rules, audit risk, and how QuickBooks, NetSuite and Business Central handle them. Read More

Consolidation Worksheet Template: Combining Entities, Eliminations and Noncontrolling Interest

Consolidation Worksheet Template: Combining Entities, Eliminations and Noncontrolling Interest

Posted yesterday by Sherman Hsieh

Consolidation worksheet template for Excel: parent, subsidiary, elimination and consolidated columns, worked NCI entries, tie-out checks and software. Read More

Flux Analysis: How to Explain Balance Sheet and P&L Fluctuations at Month End

Flux Analysis: How to Explain Balance Sheet and P&L Fluctuations at Month End

Posted yesterday by Sherman Hsieh

Flux analysis at month end: pick comparison periods, set dollar and percentage thresholds, and write explanations reviewers accept, with a worked template. Read More

Record-to-Report Process: How Finance Teams Close and Report

Record-to-Report Process: How Finance Teams Close and Report

Posted yesterday by Sherman Hsieh

Record to report process guide for US controllers: journal entries, reconciliations, consolidation, reporting, who owns each stage, controls and systems. Read More

Vendor Statement Reconciliation: A Step-by-Step Process for Accounts Payable

Vendor Statement Reconciliation: A Step-by-Step Process for Accounts Payable

Posted yesterday by Sherman Hsieh

How to reconcile a vendor statement to the AP ledger: seven stages, owners, common differences, how often to do it and AP tools that automate the match. Read More

Accounts Receivable Reconciliation: Matching the AR Subledger to the General Ledger

Accounts Receivable Reconciliation: Matching the AR Subledger to the General Ledger

Posted yesterday by Sherman Hsieh

Accounts receivable reconciliation step by step: tie the AR aging to the GL control account, clear common differences, and use a reconciliation template. Read More

Trial Balance Template: How to Prepare and Check a Trial Balance

Trial Balance Template: How to Prepare and Check a Trial Balance

Posted yesterday by Sherman Hsieh

Trial balance template with unadjusted, adjusted and post-closing layouts, a review checklist, out-of-balance fixes, and how accounting systems produce it. Read More

Deposits in Transit: What They Are and How to Handle Them in a Bank Reconciliation

Deposits in Transit: What They Are and How to Handle Them in a Bank Reconciliation

Posted yesterday by Sherman Hsieh

Deposits in transit explained: where they go in a bank reconciliation, why no journal entry, auditor cutoff tests, and QuickBooks, Intacct and NetSuite. Read More

Vendor Onboarding Software: Collecting W-9s, Banking Details and Compliance Documents

Vendor Onboarding Software: Collecting W-9s, Banking Details and Compliance Documents

Posted 21 hours ago by Sherman Hsieh

Vendor onboarding software compared: W-9 collection, IRS TIN matching, bank account checks and ERP sync in Oracle, Coupa, PaymentWorks and Tipalti. Read More

Duplicate Payment Detection in Accounts Payable

Duplicate Payment Detection in Accounts Payable

Posted 21 hours ago by Sherman Hsieh

Duplicate payment detection in AP: why ERP duplicate invoice checks miss duplicates, how to confirm each cause, recovery audits and tools that help. Read More