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A $56k Xero cleanup, brought back to the truth.

A Sydney services business had books that no longer matched reality — the bank balance, the income and the invoices had all drifted. Here’s what the cleanup looked like, on a read-only copy.

The result

Reconciled — and every change you can check

Done on a read-only copy of the data; the live system was never touched.

$56k
bank-balance variance closed
41
duplicate invoices caught
124/140
payouts reconciled to the cent
Evidence
behind every change
How it was done

The bank is the truth — everything reconciles back to it

No black box: a clear method, with the working shown at every step.

1

Worked on a read-only copy

The live accounting system was never touched. Everything was investigated and rebuilt on a copy of the data.

2

Made the bank the truth

Every real bank deposit was traced to the invoice it actually paid — anything that didn't tie back was surfaced for review.

3

Reversed problems by name

Duplicates and phantom income were cancelled with offsetting, referenced entries — not hidden in a single blanket write-off.

4

Evidenced every change

Each correction carried the bank line behind it, so the owner and their accountant could check the work.

Think your books have drifted?

This is what Extrua Reconcile does — on a read-only copy, your live system never touched.

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