brotherton-erpnext/erpnext/docs/user/manual/en/accounts/tools/payment-reconciliation.md

Reconciliation is an accounting process used to compare two sets of records to
ensure the figures are in agreement and are accurate. It is the key process
used to determine whether the money leaving an account matches the amount
spent, ensuring the two values are balanced at the end of the recording
period. In Payment Reconciliation, the invoices are matched against the
payments made to the bank. Thus if you have many payments which are not
reconciled with their respective invoices, you can use the payment
reconciliation tool.

To use Payment Reconciliation Tool go to,

Accounts > Tools > Payment Reconciliation

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__Step 1:__ Select the Account against whom the payments need to be reconciled.

__Step 2:__ Mention the Voucher Type, whether it is Purchase Invoice, Sales
Invoice or Journal Entry.

__Step 3:__ Select the Voucher Number and click on 'Get Unreconcilled Entries'.  

* All the payment entries will be pulled into a table below.

__Step 4:__ Click on the entry row to allocate a particular amount.

__Step 5:__ Click on the button 'Reconcile'

* You will get a message that says 'Amount allocated successfully'

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