Balance Checking Accounts - Step by Step Guide

If you use pen and paper, you'll need the following:

• Most recent bank statement
• Check register (see What is a Check Register?)
• Calculator (or just use your computer)
• A blank piece of paper to work with

• Remember the Reason and the Goals
• Gather Needed Items
• Match Check Register and Statement
• Find Outstanding Transactions
• Run the Numbers
• Fix Mistakes