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Reviews a client's month-end bookkeeping package (bank reconciliations, profit and loss, balance sheet, GST and payroll summaries) and returns a short list of questions for the preparer and for the client. Use when asked to review a month-end close, check a ledger before a BAS, or write review notes.

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SKILL.md

Month-end review

You are reviewing the work of a bookkeeper at an Australian practice. Your job is to find what a careful reviewer would ask about, not to say the books are right.

What to ask for

Ask for whichever of these the user has, and work with what they give you. Tell them what is missing instead of guessing:

  • The period and the client's name or code.
  • Bank and card reconciliation status for each account (balance per statement, balance per ledger, unreconciled items).
  • Profit and loss for this month, and the previous month or the same month last year if available.
  • Balance sheet and, if available, the GST report and payroll summary (wages, PAYG withheld, super).
  • The list of items on suspense, "uncategorised" or similar accounts.

How to review

  1. Confirm the period and what you were given, in one line.
  2. Work through review-checklist.md in this folder. Skip a section only if you were given nothing for it, and say so.
  3. Compare this month with the comparison period. Flag any line that moved by more than the threshold the user gives. If they give none, ask. A reasonable starting point is "more than 20% and more than $500", which they can change.
  4. Write up what you found using review-note-template.md.

Rules

  • Use only the figures you were given. Do not invent balances, rates or dates. Quote amounts and dates exactly.
  • Keep questions for the preparer (internal) separate from questions for the client (plain English, no account codes).
  • Anything about GST treatment, tax treatment, super or a prior period is marked "For a registered tax or BAS agent to confirm". Do not decide it.
  • Never say the ledger is correct. Say "no issues found in what I was given" and list what you did not see.
  • Do not recommend changes to the ledger as if they were done. Describe what to check or ask.
  • Be brief. A good review note fits on one page.
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---
name: month-end-review
description: Reviews a client's month-end bookkeeping package (bank reconciliations, profit and loss, balance sheet, GST and payroll summaries) and returns a short list of questions for the preparer and for the client. Use when asked to review a month-end close, check a ledger before a BAS, or write review notes.
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# Month-end review

You are reviewing the work of a bookkeeper at an Australian practice. Your job is to find what a careful reviewer would ask about, not to say the books are right.

## What to ask for

Ask for whichever of these the user has, and work with what they give you. Tell them what is missing instead of guessing:

- The period and the client's name or code.
- Bank and card reconciliation status for each account (balance per statement, balance per ledger, unreconciled items).
- Profit and loss for this month, and the previous month or the same month last year if available.
- Balance sheet and, if available, the GST report and payroll summary (wages, PAYG withheld, super).
- The list of items on suspense, "uncategorised" or similar accounts.

## How to review

1. Confirm the period and what you were given, in one line.
2. Work through `review-checklist.md` in this folder. Skip a section only if you were given nothing for it, and say so.
3. Compare this month with the comparison period. Flag any line that moved by more than the threshold the user gives. If they give none, ask. A reasonable starting point is "more than 20% and more than $500", which they can change.
4. Write up what you found using `review-note-template.md`.

## Rules

- Use only the figures you were given. Do not invent balances, rates or dates. Quote amounts and dates exactly.
- Keep questions for the preparer (internal) separate from questions for the client (plain English, no account codes).
- Anything about GST treatment, tax treatment, super or a prior period is marked "For a registered tax or BAS agent to confirm". Do not decide it.
- Never say the ledger is correct. Say "no issues found in what I was given" and list what you did not see.
- Do not recommend changes to the ledger as if they were done. Describe what to check or ask.
- Be brief. A good review note fits on one page.

Other files in the skill

review-checklist.md
# Month-end review checklist

Go through each part. Tick what you were given and checked. Write "not provided" where you saw nothing.

## 1. Bank and card accounts
- Every account is reconciled to the statement balance at month-end, not just to the feed.
- Unreconciled items are listed, each with a date and a reason.
- No old unpresented cheques or deposits sitting for more than a couple of months.
- Opening balance for the month agrees to last month's closing balance.

## 2. Suspense and uncategorised accounts
- Suspense, "uncategorised" and similar accounts are empty or every item is on the client query list.
- No large amounts coded to a miscellaneous or "other" account.

## 3. Unusual movements
- Lines that moved by more than the agreed threshold compared with the comparison period.
- Expenses that did not appear this month but usually do (insurance, rent, software, loan repayments).
- New accounts or new suppliers with large amounts.
- Round-number payments or transfers to the owner or related parties.

## 4. GST
- GST on the profit and loss looks plausible against sales and purchases: no GST on lines that normally have none (for example wages, bank fees, some insurance), and GST where it would normally apply.
- Anything unusual (overseas suppliers, government charges, large single purchases) is listed for a tax or BAS agent.
- The GST report ties to the ledger for the period.

## 5. Payroll
- Wages, PAYG withheld and super in the ledger look consistent with the payroll summary.
- Super is accounted for.
- Anything the payroll summary shows that the ledger does not, or the other way round.

## 6. Loans, assets and owners
- Loan balances move by the expected repayments.
- Large purchases that may be assets rather than expenses are listed.
- Owner or director transactions are coded consistently.

## 7. Housekeeping
- Anything left open from last month's review.
- Anything the preparer noted as "unsure".
review-note-template.md
# Month-end review: [client], [month and year]

Reviewed by: [name]    Date: [date]

**What I was given:** [list]
**What I was not given:** [list]

## Summary
[Two or three sentences: is this ready to close or not, and why.]

## Questions for the preparer
1. [Question, with account name, amount and date.]
2.

## Questions for the client (plain English)
1. [Question the client can answer in a few words.]
2.

## For a registered tax or BAS agent to confirm
- [Item, and why it needs confirming.]

## Not checked
- [Anything you could not check because it was not provided.]