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Accounting Basics

Bookkeeping fundamentals, chart of accounts, and day-to-day accounting workflows.

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BMO Financial Statements and Other Banks' Annual Reports

Where to find BMO, CIBC, CommBank, ANZ, Lloyds, Monzo, Santander and East West Bank financial statements, and how to read a bank's balance sheet.

6 min readOct 29, 2026
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ASC 842 Excel Template: Lease Liability and ROU Schedule

Build an ASC 842 lease schedule in Excel: PV formula for the liability, ROU asset, operating and finance lease tables, and journal entries.

7 min readOct 27, 2026
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Computerized Accounting Systems: Parts, Types and Controls

What a computerized accounting system is, its parts from chart of accounts to reports, how it differs from manual books, and which checks still need a person.

7 min readOct 27, 2026
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Cloud Based Accounting Systems: How They Work

What cloud-based accounting is, how bank feeds and shared access work, how it differs from desktop, with Xero, QuickBooks Online and NetSuite as examples.

6 min readOct 27, 2026
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Accounting Balance Sheet Template for Small Business

Build a small business balance sheet template in Excel: assets, liabilities and equity, where each number comes from, a balance check, and fixes.

7 min readOct 27, 2026
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Bookkeeping and Accounting: What Each One Does

The difference between bookkeeping and accounting: what a bookkeeper records, what an accountant does with it, where they overlap, and which you need when.

6 min readOct 27, 2026
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Reconcile Balance Sheet Accounts: A Month-End Method

How to reconcile a balance sheet account by account, which schedule backs each line, and how retained earnings ties it to the income statement.

6 min readOct 26, 2026
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How to Reconcile Balance Sheet Accounts in QuickBooks

Reconcile loans, credit cards, payroll liabilities and clearing accounts in QuickBooks: when the Reconcile tool fits and when you need a schedule.

6 min readOct 26, 2026
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Month-End Closing Checklist in Excel for Small Businesses

A month-end closing checklist you can build in Excel: 23 close tasks in order, the columns and formulas to track them, and the reconciliations to include.

7 min readOct 26, 2026
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How to Do Account Reconciliation for Any GL Account

A five-stage procedure for reconciling general ledger accounts, including the cash account: evidence, comparison, investigation, adjustment and sign-off.

6 min readOct 26, 2026
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Four Column Bank Reconciliation (Proof of Cash) Example

How a four-column bank reconciliation proves opening cash, receipts, disbursements and ending cash at once, when auditors use it, and a worked example.

6 min readOct 26, 2026
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Double Entry Bookkeeping in Excel: A Free Spreadsheet Setup

Set up free double-entry bookkeeping in Excel: chart of accounts, journal, ledger and trial balance tabs, and how it differs from a bank cash book.

6 min readOct 26, 2026
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Chart of Accounts for a Small Business, With an Example

What a small business chart of accounts is, a numbered example you can adapt, and how to map bank statement transactions to the same accounts each month.

7 min readOct 26, 2026
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Book to Bank Reconciliation: Methods, Formula, Example

Book-to-bank vs bank-to-book reconciliation: which items sit on each side, the adjusted balance formula, and one example worked in both directions.

7 min readOct 26, 2026
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Bank Reconciliation Debit and Credit Rules Explained

Why a credit on your bank statement is a debit in your books, the debit and credit rules for a bank reconciliation statement, and the entry for each item.

7 min readOct 26, 2026
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Account Reconciliation Template in Excel: A Copyable Layout

What a balance sheet account reconciliation template in Excel should hold: GL balance, support, reconciling items, sign-off, plus a layout to copy.

7 min readOct 26, 2026
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Account Reconciliation Meaning, Purpose and Types

What account reconciliation means, the six common types (bank, card, vendor, customer, intercompany, balance sheet) and what a finished one proves.

7 min readOct 26, 2026
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How to Import Bank Statements into Bench Accounting

Learn how to import bank statements into Bench Accounting. Step-by-step guide for converting PDFs to CSV and uploading transaction data to Bench bookkeeping.

9 min readApr 8, 2026

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