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# Transaction Ledger

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When you need to reconcile a specific bank account or see exactly how the cash in your till went from $100 to $500, the Transaction Ledger is the tool you need. It generates a full audit report for any individual account, calculating a running balance line by line.
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## Generating the Audit

When you first open the page, you'll see a simple dashboard telling you to "Select an account from the dashboard above to generate a ledger report."

To get started:

1. Click the dropdown menu and select the specific account you want to investigate (e.g., "Cash Register" or "Stripe").
2. Click the **Generate Audit** button.

## Reading the Ledger

Once the audit generates, it reveals a clean, comprehensive table breaking down every transaction for that specific account.

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At the very top right, you'll see the **Reconciled Balance**—the final tally of money currently sitting in that account based on the logged transactions.
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The ledger table gives you a chronological story of the account:

| Column               | Description                                                                                                       |
| -------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Transaction Date** | Exactly when the money moved.                                                                                     |
| **Name / Entity**    | The guest or category associated with the payment.                                                                |
| **Description**      | Any internal notes or context.                                                                                    |
| **Flow**             | An easy-to-read column showing money coming in (green) or going out (red).                                        |
| **Net Balance**      | The running total of the account after *each* transaction, so you can trace the exact moment the balance shifted. |