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title: How Do I Enter My Statement Balance to Start Reconciling
description: Enter your closing statement balance and date to start reconciling a connected bank account.
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# How Do I Enter My Statement Balance to Start Reconciling
Before Bank Reconciliation will show a connected account’s transactions for review, it needs the closing balance and date from that account’s most recent bank statement. This is what the reconciliation is worked against.
##### **How to Get There**
1. Click Financials in the left nav, then Bank Reconciliation.
2. If more than one account is connected, make sure the account you want to reconcile is the one showing at the top — see “How Do I Switch Between Connected Bank Accounts?” if it isn’t.
##### **Entering the Balance**
Below the account card, an “Enter your statement balance” panel asks for two required fields:
- Statement balance for \[Account\] — the ending balance shown on that account’s bank statement.
- Balance as of — the statement’s ending date.
1. Enter the statement balance and its date.
2. Click Start reconciling.
This opens the reconciliation workspace for that account, with its transactions sorted into a For review tab and a Cleared tab.
*Note: Each connected account keeps its own statement balance and date. Switching to a different account for reconciliation asks for that account’s own balance separately — the two are never shared. A Change link next to the Statement Balance figure in the workspace returns to this entry step if the balance needs correcting.*
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