## Financial Reporting and Reconciliation

This section of the documentation covers how to understand, analyze, and reconcile financial data within Stripe. It includes information on various reports available, how to integrate with accounting software, and specific features for revenue recognition.

### Key Topics:

*   **Bank Reconciliation:** Learn how to reconcile Stripe payouts with your bank account to ensure accurate financial tracking.
*   **Payout Reconciliation:** Understand how to match Stripe payouts with the specific batches of transactions they settle.
*   **Balance Summary Report:** Get an overview of your Stripe balance, including available, pending, and reserved funds, and a detailed breakdown of account activity.
*   **Accounting Integrations:** Discover how to connect Stripe with popular accounting tools like QuickBooks and NetSuite to automate bookkeeping and data entry.
*   **Standalone Fees:** Understand how Stripe applies transaction fees separately from the initial transaction.
*   **Stripe Fee Credits:** Learn how to apply, view, and reconcile fee credits to offset service costs.
*   **Reporting Categories:** Understand the different categories used to group and report on your financial transactions.
*   **Report Configuration:** Learn about common settings and filters available across Stripe financial reports, such as date range and time zone customization.

### Revenue Recognition:

This comprehensive suite of features helps businesses automate their accrual accounting process, ensuring compliance with global accounting standards.

*   **Overview:** Understand the core concepts of revenue recognition, including recognized and deferred revenue, and how Stripe automates this process.
*   **Methodology:** Learn how Stripe Revenue Recognition calculates, defers, and reports revenue, including its integration with subscriptions, invoicing, refunds, and disputes.
*   **Data Management:**
    *   **Data Import:** Import data from various sources (CSV, Apple App Store, Google Play) to manage all your revenue recognition in Stripe.
    *   **Data Freshness:** Understand when your transaction data becomes available for revenue recognition reporting.
    *   **Data Reconciliation:** Learn how to reconcile revenue recognition data with other financial reports.
*   **Reports:** Generate and export various reports to analyze revenue, deferred revenue, and booked revenue, including:
    *   Monthly Summary
    *   Trial Balance
    *   Income Statement
    *   Balance Sheet
    *   Accounts Receivable Aging
    *   Debits and Credits
    *   Revenue Waterfall
    *   Activity Breakdown
*   **Configuration and Customization:**
    *   **Revenue Recognition Rules:** Customize rules to define specific revenue treatments for your business.
    *   **Map to your Chart of Accounts:** Customize Stripe Revenue Recognition reporting to use your General Ledger (GL) chart of accounts.
    *   **Revenue Recognition Settings:** Adjust the behavior of Stripe Revenue Recognition with settings like accounting period control and amortization granularity.
    *   **Standalone Selling Prices:** Accurately allocate revenue for bundled products.
    *   **Revenue Contracts:** Model enterprise B2B sales contracts and customize revenue schedules.
*   **Connect Platforms:** Understand how revenue recognition works specifically for Connect platforms, including destination charges, direct charges, and separate charges and transfers.
*   **Examples:** Explore practical examples of revenue recognition scenarios, including contra, credit notes, FX and currency, subscriptions, exclusions, and other use cases.
*   **Auditing:** Learn how to audit your revenue numbers directly within the Stripe Dashboard.
*   **Inviting Accountants:** Grant your accountants direct access to Stripe Revenue Recognition for streamlined collaboration.