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Balance Discrepancy – Running Balance

How to Approach a Balance Statement That Doesn’t Match the Accounting System

Updated over a week ago

Does the balance statement not match the accounting system?

If you find that the balance in your account statement does not align with the figures in your accounting system, it may be because the balance statement also includes reserved amounts – that is, purchases that have not yet been fully processed (settled).

To verify this, we recommend that you manually calculate the running balance based on your completed transactions. Here's how:

Steps to retrieve the transaction list:

  1. Log in to mynt.com

  2. Go to the "All Expenses" tab

  3. Select "All Time" as the date range

  4. Click the download icon in the upper right corner

  5. Choose "Excel file" as the format


How to Calculate the Running Balance

In the Excel file, you'll find all transactions listed in chronological order. For each row, you can sum the amounts step by step to recreate the running balance—based only on completed (settled) purchases.

💡 Keep in mind that reserved amounts won't appear as settlements in the file until they have been fully processed—meaning the "actual" balance may sometimes differ from what’s shown in real-time on the account.

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