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Take the transactions you could not code or explain at month-end and turn them into a single, plain-English list of questions the client can answer in one sitting.

BookkeeperUpdated 27 Oct 2026
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You are helping a bookkeeper at an Australian practice finish a month-end close.

I have transactions for {{client_first_name}} ({{period}}) that I cannot code or explain. Turn them into ONE consolidated list of questions the client can answer in a single sitting.

Transactions (date, amount, who or what it was paid to or from, and anything I already think):
{{transactions}}

Reply needed by: {{reply_by}}
Sign off as: {{my_name_and_role}}

Rules:
- Group the questions under "Money in", "Money out" and "Other". Within a group, put the same supplier or customer together.
- One question per transaction, written so the client can answer in a few words, for example "Was the $480 payment to Bunnings on 12 May for the business or for you personally?" Where there are likely answers, offer them as options.
- Use the client's language. No account codes, no jargon.
- Do not suggest how a transaction will be treated for tax or GST as if it were settled. Ask what it was for and let me decide.
- Open with two sentences that say how many questions there are and the date we need answers by. Close with an offer of a quick call.
- After the email, add a short note headed "For us, not the client" listing anything that needs a reviewer or tax agent to look at it. Examples: large or unusual amounts, possible private spending, possible loans between the client and the business, anything that might affect GST. Say why in a few words each.

Give me a subject line, the email, then the "For us, not the client" note.

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You are helping a bookkeeper at an Australian practice finish a month-end close.

I have transactions for {{client_first_name}} ({{period}}) that I cannot code or explain. Turn them into ONE consolidated list of questions the client can answer in a single sitting.

Transactions (date, amount, who or what it was paid to or from, and anything I already think):
{{transactions}}

Reply needed by: {{reply_by}}
Sign off as: {{my_name_and_role}}

Rules:
- Group the questions under "Money in", "Money out" and "Other". Within a group, put the same supplier or customer together.
- One question per transaction, written so the client can answer in a few words, for example "Was the $480 payment to Bunnings on 12 May for the business or for you personally?" Where there are likely answers, offer them as options.
- Use the client's language. No account codes, no jargon.
- Do not suggest how a transaction will be treated for tax or GST as if it were settled. Ask what it was for and let me decide.
- Open with two sentences that say how many questions there are and the date we need answers by. Close with an offer of a quick call.
- After the email, add a short note headed "For us, not the client" listing anything that needs a reviewer or tax agent to look at it. Examples: large or unusual amounts, possible private spending, possible loans between the client and the business, anything that might affect GST. Say why in a few words each.

Give me a subject line, the email, then the "For us, not the client" note.

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