Monthly law firm bookkeeping should make the close predictable and the numbers explainable. The goal is not merely to produce a profit-and-loss statement. It is to leave a documented path from bank activity to the general ledger and from the ledger to the report ownership reviews.
What the monthly process can include
- Operating bank and credit-card reconciliation
- Transaction review and consistent categorization
- Balance-sheet account review
- Case-cost and settlement-related coding when in scope
- Monthly profit-and-loss statement and balance sheet
- Open-item list for transactions that need the firm’s input
- Coordination with the firm’s tax professional when authorized
Where specialization matters
Legal practices often have several systems describing the same financial event: the bank, QuickBooks, a practice-management platform, a client or matter ledger, and a settlement statement. A useful close does not silently force mismatches into a category. It identifies the exception, records what is known, and asks for the missing support.
What we need from the firm
Successful bookkeeping depends on timely access to statements, clear responsibility for approvals, a consistent intake path for source documents, and an attorney-controlled decision process for trust disbursements. The scope and division of responsibility are documented before work begins.
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