Checking Account Register
• Place to record all monetary transactions for
a checking account
• Deposits, checks, ATM use, debit card
purchases, additional bank fees
• Used to keep a running balance of the
account
• Remember
• Record every transaction!
Check Register
419 01
• Date
• The date the check was written or transaction was
made
Check Register
419 01
• Number
• The number of the written check; if a debit card or ATM
was used, write DC or ATM
Check Register
419 01
• Description of Transaction
• The person/business the check was written to or where the debit
card was used
• Gray line can be used to write the memo
Check Register
419 01
• Payment/Debit(-)
• Amount of the transaction
• Deducted from the balance
Check Register
419 01
• √T
• A box used to track whether the check has cleared on the monthly
bank statement when reconciling at the end of each month
Check Register
419 01
• Fee (if any)
• Any extra fees charged to the account
• Listed on the bank statement
Check Register
419 01
15 78
$ 403 23

Balance



The running total of the checking account
Calculated by adding or subtracting each transaction
Keep this updated
Check Register
419 01
15 78
$ 403 23
9/3

Date

The date the deposit was made
Check Register
419 01
15 78
$ 403 23
9/3
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DEP
Number

For a deposit, there isn’t a number, therefore, just
write DEP
Check Register
419 01
15 78
$ 403 23
9/3
DEP
Deposit
Reimbursement

Description of Transaction


Write deposit on that line
Gray line can be used to write the memo
Check Register
419 01
15 78
$ 403 23
9/3
DEP
Deposit
$ 136 00
Reimbursement

Deposit/Credit(+)


Amount of the deposit or credit
Added from the balance
Check Register
419 01
15 78
$ 403 23
9/3
DEP
Deposit
Reimbursement

$ 136 00
$ 136 00
$ 539 23
Balance



The running total of the checking account
Calculated by adding or subtracting each transaction
Keep this updated
Finish the check Register
Record the last 3 transactions