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How the close works

Closing a month in Recurso is a sequence of read-and-verify steps across the Finance reports and Ledger & audit sections. Nothing here mutates your books — the ledger posts automatically as invoices and payments settle — so the close is about confirming everything agrees, recognizing the period’s revenue, and exporting what your accountant needs.
Do these in order. Reconciliation first tells you whether the books even agree; there’s no point recognizing revenue on top of an unbalanced ledger.

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Steps

1

Reconcile

Open Finance reports → Reconciliation and click Run again. It checks that billing records, the Postgres ledger, and TigerBeetle (when enabled) all agree. The goal is Books balanced — “Every invoice and payment agrees with the ledger.” If discrepancies are listed (missing/mismatched transactions, orphaned entries), resolve them and re-run before continuing.
2

Prove the trial balance

Open Finance reports → Trial Balance. The banner should read Books balance — total debits equal total credits, and every account carries its expected sign. Scan the accounts table for any abnormal (wrong-sign) balances. Use Export GL (CSV) to hand the general ledger to your accountant.
3

Spot-check the ledger

Open Ledger & audit → Ledger to drill into any account that looked off. Pick an account (each customer has its own Accounts Receivable sub-account) to see its current balance and its double-entry transactions — debit account, credit account, amount, and code — for the period.
4

Recognize revenue

Open Finance reports → Revenue Recognition and select the month and year you’re closing. Review Recognized in <month> (earned revenue booked this period) and the Deferred balance still to recognize, plus the Release schedule showing when the remaining deferred revenue recognizes. Multi-currency deferrals are broken out in Deferred by currency.
5

Review receivables aging

Open Finance reports → Invoice Aging to see outstanding receivables bucketed by how far past due they are (Current, 1–30, 31–60, 61–90, 90+). The stat cards summarize Total outstanding, Overdue, and Current — use this to flag collections follow-ups before you sign off.
If Reconciliation or Trial Balance reports an imbalance, treat it as a stop-the-line event — investigate the flagged transactions before closing. An out-of-balance ledger means a downstream posting is missing.