Create a month-end close checklist

Get a month-end bookkeeping checklist tailored to your business, with who does each step and when, so the books are closed the same way every month.

The prompt

Create a month-end close checklist for my business.

Business: [TYPE OF BUSINESS], [NUMBER] employees
Accounting software: [e.g. QuickBooks Online, Xero, spreadsheet]
Accounts I have: [bank accounts, credit cards, loans, merchant processor, payroll provider]
Do I hold inventory? [yes/no]  Do I invoice customers? [yes/no]
Who helps with the books: [e.g. just me, part-time bookkeeper, outside accountant]

For each step give: the task, why it matters in one line, who should do it, and which business day of the new month it should be done by. Include reconciliations, uncategorized transactions, receivables and payables review, payroll check, sales tax, and a final review of the P&L and balance sheet. Order it so it can be finished within [NUMBER] business days. Format it as a checklist I can copy into a task app.

Replace every [BRACKETED] part with your own details before sending.

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