Month-end close reports for small business
The problem
Without a finance team, the close is whatever gets done before taxes. Money goes missing quietly: a payout that never arrived, a vendor paid twice, a subscription nobody uses.
How it's solved today
Your accounting software's reconciliation and period lock (QuickBooks, Xero), a written checklist, a bookkeeper, or close software built for larger finance teams.
A monthly checklist, and the report for each step
- Does the statement add up? Statement rollforward: credits, debits and net movement per period against the statement's own opening and closing balances, and gaps between statements.
- Did every Stripe payout land? Stripe payouts matched to bank deposits and Monthly Stripe payouts vs bank deposits.
- Any Stripe-looking deposits with no payout behind them? Stripe payouts matched to bank deposits lists those too.
- Paid anyone twice? Duplicate payment detector.
- What are we still subscribed to? Subscriptions and recurring charges.
- What did processing cost? Monthly Stripe fee rate and Stripe fees by type.
- Where does the money go? Vendor concentration.
- Then record adjustments and lock the period in your accounting software.
Run it again next month
Files and settings carry over, a newer statement is offered, and connected Stripe data can refresh on a schedule.
FAQ
Does SandQuery work with my accounting software?
Yes, alongside it: SandQuery finds what needs fixing from your exports and statements, and your books record it.
Want SandQuery to post the entries for you?
Next step
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