![]() ![]() Just write down the date it cleared and we’ll add it to or subtract it from today’s balance. If you forgot to write a transaction down, you can record it today. (There’s a handy little checkmark column for this!) Verify that the amount we show for each transaction is exactly the same amount you wrote down and make sure it’s in the right column. Go through each item on the statement or history since then and check that same transaction off in your checkbook register.Or, if you’re using online banking, pull up the history of your checking account and scroll back to the date you started keeping track of your transactions. Grab the most recent statements we mailed you (all of them since you started diligently keeping your checkbook register).Here we go, it’s time to balance your checkbook. We’ll wait for you at the balancing section! (You’ll need your old checks and debit card transactions to clear – the ones from before you started recording your transactions). If you’ve just turned over a new “I’m-gonna-balance-my-account leaf” read on…Īfter you’ve been recording your transactions for a month or two, come back to this page and we’ll start balancing. If you are balancing a brand new account for the first time, skip to #1 below. (Again, if you’ve just made the resolution to start keeping track after years as a non-balancer, you won’t yet have a balance to add it to.) If the money is going into your account (all deposits put in checking, all refunds from debit card purchases that you’ve returned to the store, or interest earned) you write the amount in the “Deposit Amount” column and add it to your balance in the far right column.(If you don’t have an exact balance, skip this part for now.) If the money is coming out of your account (you’re writing a check, buying something with your debit card, taking money out at an ATM, or if you have an overdraft fee) you write the amount in the “Payments or Other Subtractions” column and subtract it from the balance in the far right column.Write who you’re paying on the white line and use the shaded line below it to keep a record of what you’re buying. ![]() (If you’re using a debit card to pay for something just write Db in this area.)
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