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title: "AP reconciliation"
description: "AP reconciliation — Proving that the accounts payable subledger — the open bills by vendor — totals to the AP control account in the GL at period end, with every difference explained. It checks our books against each other."
canonical: "https://lopifi.com/glossary/ap-reconciliation"
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# AP reconciliation

> AP reconciliation — Proving that the accounts payable subledger — the open bills by vendor — totals to the AP control account in the GL at period end, with every difference explained. It checks our books against each other.

Source: https://lopifi.com/glossary/ap-reconciliation
Part of: Lopifi — Planned: US GAAP books on autopilot, checked by a CPA (https://lopifi.com)

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**What is ap reconciliation?** In accounting, AP reconciliation means proving that the accounts payable subledger — the open bills by vendor — totals to the AP control account in the GL at period end, with every difference explained. It checks our books against each other.

## Words this system refuses for it

- vendor statement reconciliation (our record against the vendor's)
- bank reconciliation

- **Category:** Payables
- **Specified in:** [Lexicon](https://lopifi.com/md/docs/domain/lexicon)
- **Related:** accounts-payable, control-account, reconciliation, subledger, account, period