Free bookkeeper worksheet
Statement request checklist for month-end closes
Use this before asking a client for PDFs. It turns "send me your bank statements" into a concrete account-by-account request, without collecting bank passwords or shared credentials.
Before you send the request
List every known bank, credit card, loan, merchant processor, payroll account, and entity.
Mark which accounts need a monthly statement, transaction export, deposit report, or loan activity PDF.
Write the exact month or date range needed for each missing document.
Name one preferred upload location so files do not arrive by text, email, and random shared folders.
Add a due date that leaves enough time to close, not the day the close is due.
Include a "do not send passwords" line and ask the client to download statements from their own portal.
Record who owns each portal so follow-up goes to the right person, not the general inbox.
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