> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.budgetbandit.io/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Balance doesn't match > When your cleared total won't match the statement, find the discrepancy — or post a balance adjustment to close the gap. If you are reconciling and your cleared total will not equal the statement balance, there is a difference between what Budget Bandit thinks happened and what your bank recorded. The goal is to find it. When you genuinely cannot, Budget Bandit can post a single adjustment to close the gap so the account reconciles. ## Find the discrepancy first Most mismatches come from a handful of causes. Work through these before adjusting. Something posted at the bank that is not in Budget Bandit yet — a charge, a fee, or interest. Add it. This is the most common cause on manual accounts. See [Add a transaction](/transactions/add-edit-delete). The same transaction was entered twice, often when a manual entry and a synced one overlap. Delete the extra. See [Duplicate or missing transactions](/accounts/duplicate-or-missing-transactions). A transaction was entered for the wrong amount, or as an outflow instead of an inflow. Open it and correct it. A transaction that has posted at the bank is still uncleared in Budget Bandit, so it is not counting toward your cleared total. Mark it cleared. A charge still pending at the bank may not be reflected the same way on both sides. See [Pending vs posted](/accounts/pending-vs-posted). Note the exact size of the gap. A difference that matches a transaction you recognize points straight at the culprit — a $12.40 gap is probably one $12.40 transaction missing, duplicated, or mis-entered. ## Post a balance adjustment If you have checked everything and a small difference remains — a stray fee you cannot source, rounding on an old account — Budget Bandit can post a balance adjustment so the account reconciles to the statement. When you finish reconciling with a remaining difference, Budget Bandit creates a single transaction for exactly that gap, against a system payee named **Reconciliation Balance Adjustment**, dated to your statement date. It nudges the account's working balance to match the statement and is included in the reconciliation. Mark all the cleared transactions you are sure of and enter the statement balance. The remaining gap between your cleared total and the statement balance becomes the adjustment amount. The adjustment transaction is created and reconciled along with the rest. The account now matches the statement. An adjustment is a last resort, not the routine fix. It records that a difference existed rather than explaining it. If the gap is large, keep looking — a big adjustment usually means a real transaction is missing or duplicated, and the adjustment would only hide it. ## Related The full reconcile flow. The most common cause of a mismatch. Why a pending charge can throw off a balance. Fix a wrong or missing transaction.