Reconcile Stripe reads Stripe’s own month and shows what differs, line by line
Reconciling Stripe no longer means typing Stripe’s balance from its Balance report. Press “Read September From Stripe” and the screen sets Stripe’s month beside the books’ line by line — payments made on your website, other card payments, refunds, Stripe’s fees and the payouts to your bank, with what was still on its way at the month’s end — under one sentence that sums the month up. When the two don’t agree, “What’s different” names each reason with one way to fix it: bring the month’s fees in from Stripe, turn a payout that was booked as income into a transfer from Stripe, or open the registration a payment belongs to. Mark the month at $0.00 or, when the difference is explained, with a note that the board’s report prints. A reconciled month keeps the figures it was marked on, so reading Stripe or importing again never changes it, and if the books move afterwards it says “Changed since reconciled”. When Stripe can’t be read, the screen says why and which permission to add, and you can still type its two figures.