OK, so you can balance your checkbook. But, do you know that if you don’t reconcile your checkbook against your bank statement, that if the bank charges you a fee unexpectedly, or if you have bouncing checks and don’t realize it, you could lose a lot of money unexpectedly.
How to use a Check Journal, Balance a Check Book or Check Register
Balancing your check book may be boring and frustrating, but it can easily take less time to balance the book then to try to earn the money it takes to pay bounced check fees, and the cost of potential accounting errors by your employer.