LedgerMatch
Bank Reconciliation for Law Firms & Legal Practices in New York, NY
A practical CSV-based bank-to-ledger workflow for law firms bookkeepers serving businesses in New York.
Bookkeeping context in New York
New York City's density of small businesses — over 230,000 active firms in the five boroughs — means bookkeepers and accounting firms here handle some of the highest transaction volumes in the country. Restaurants, retail, and professional services each generate hundreds of monthly bank entries that must reconcile cleanly against QuickBooks or Xero. LedgerMatch matches Chase, Citibank, and TD Bank CSV exports to your ledger in under 10 minutes, flagging every exception automatically so New York bookkeepers can close month-end without a single VLOOKUP.
Law Firms & Legal Practices reconciliation workflow
Law firms operate with two distinct types of bank accounts — the operating account for business expenses and the IOLTA trust account for client funds — and both must reconcile perfectly every month. State bar associations require attorneys to maintain accurate trust account records, and a trust account reconciliation error can trigger a bar complaint or disciplinary action. LedgerMatch helps law firm bookkeepers reconcile both operating and trust account bank statements against QuickBooks or Xero in under 10 minutes, with a clean audit trail for every transaction.
Local and industry considerations
- New York's combined state and city tax requirements make accurate reconciliation especially important — S-corps and LLCs must reconcile to the penny before filing the NYC-202 and NY-IT-204.
- IOLTA trust account reconciliation is required by most state bars and must be completed monthly — errors in trust accounting can trigger disciplinary proceedings regardless of the dollar amount involved.
Common banks and accounting tools
- Chase
- Citibank
- TD Bank
- Wells Fargo
- Chase
- Bank of America
- QuickBooks Online
- Clio Manage
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