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Checking Accounts

Balancing your checkbook

step 1:
Obtain the current balance from your bank statement.

step 2:
Add any deposits that you have recorded in your check register but that are not on this statement.

step 3:
Subtract any outstanding checks (checks you have written but that have not yet cleared the banking system).

step 4:
Compare the result with the current balance in your check register.

Note: The balance in your check register should be adjusted to include: (a) deductions for service fees or other charges; (b) additions for direct deposits and interest earned.

 


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Why get a checking account?
Balancing your checkbook
Shopping around for a checking account
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Making a deposit
Writing a check
Endorsing a check
Transaction register
Reading a bank statement
Balancing your checkbook
Quiz your credit knowledge
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