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Month-End Close Checklist

The full month-end close, in order — cutoffs, reconciliations, accruals, and the financial package — timed around your close date so the books land on schedule every month.

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A printable checklist is good once.A printed close checklist covers one month — then you print it again, and again, and again.
This one comes back every month.Anchor it to your close date in Recurbit, set it to repeat monthly, and the whole close rebuilds itself every period.

Month-end close is the same routine every period, but the dates shift and the steps stack up fast. Miss a reconciliation or a cutoff and the numbers are wrong; do it from memory and something slips. A dated, repeatable checklist keeps the close on schedule.

This is the sequence most small finance and office teams follow, grouped by when each task happens relative to the close. Adjust it to your accounting system, your chart of accounts, and your own review process.

Set the cutoff early. Most close problems trace back to late expense reports, timesheets, or invoices. Remind the team of the cutoff before month-end so you're not waiting on stragglers on day one.
↓ The checklist
These steps are a starting point, not a rulebook. Add, remove, reorder, or re-time anything below so it matches how you actually work — that's what the template is for.
Pre-close

Before the close

Last few days of the month
Days 1–2

Reconcile

Days 1–2 after close
Days 3–5

Review & report

Days 3–5 after close
Days 5–7

Wrap up

Days 5–7 after close

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Add the month-end close to Recurbit. Anchor it to your close date and every task schedules itself — reconciliations after close, statements a few days later — then set it to repeat monthly.

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Closing the books every single month?

Recurbit turns the close into a reusable, repeatable template. Anchor it to your close date and every task gets a due date — 'reconcile accounts by day 2,' 'statements by day 5.' Set it to recur monthly and it rebuilds itself every period.

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A general close guide, not accounting advice. Adjust to your accounting standards, systems, and your accountant's or auditor's requirements.