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Money · Guided lesson

Audit a month and plan an account move

About 13 minutes · 3 reading + 10 practice and checks
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A fictional personal-account register reconciled to a statement, with pending items, availability, fees and an error-report draft.

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What to include

  • An account-service and annual-fee comparison with unanswered eligibility questions.
  • A posted/available/uncommitted balance worksheet with each commitment counted once.
  • A running-balance register with transaction identities, types and posting states.
  • A two-sided bank reconciliation with an unmatched-item log.
  • A transaction-specific error inquiry and follow-up log.
  • A paper account-move checklist with a retained-funds calculation and closure conditions.

Review and revise

Use these criteria to check your work and choose what to improve.

  • All supplied records reconcile and the decision uses the named case rules.
  • Calculations show units, intermediate values and a second check.
  • Changed-input practice revises the affected result and identifies uncertainty.
  • The final project combines six lesson records, separates fictional assumptions from current rules, and states a supported next step.
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The idea in everyday life

This is an original fictional practice case. No account, payment, personal record or outside participation is required. Old account $220; known pending debit $40 and monthly bill $60 still routed there; no fees. New account $100. Do not actually transfer funds.

The idea

A move is complete only when recurring payments, deposits and remaining commitments have been accounted for.

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Audit a month and plan an account move — worked practice

A move is complete only when recurring payments, deposits and remaining commitments have been accounted for.

Use paper or a local table; label all amounts as fictional USD unless the case names another unit. Old account $220; known pending debit $40 and monthly bill $60 still routed there; no fees. New account $100. Do not actually transfer funds.

Old-account retained obligations

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AItemBAmount USD
Old balance220
Pending debit40
Bill still using old route60
Optional extra buffer0

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  1. 1. Step 1: Identify obligations still using the old account

    Identify obligations still using the old account.

    You should see: $40 pending and $60 bill require $100.

    A move is complete only when recurring payments, deposits and remaining commitments have been accounted for.

  2. 2. Step 2: Compute an amount that could move while retaining those obligations

    Compute an amount that could move while retaining those obligations.

    You should see: 220−100=$120 before any extra buffer.

    Keep this intermediate result so the final decision can be checked.

  3. 3. Step 3: Draft a routing-change and verification sequence

    Draft a routing-change and verification sequence.

    You should see: Confirm new routing, then monitor both accounts for deposits and bills; no real change is required.

    Keep this intermediate result so the final decision can be checked.

  4. 4. Step 4: Run a paper closure check

    Run a paper closure check.

    You should see: Keep old account open until obligations settle and the final statement reconciles; draft a final record checklist.

    Keep this intermediate result so the final decision can be checked.

Now change one thing

The old account requires an additional $20 buffer. Maximum practice transfer?

Your work

What to finish

A paper account-move checklist with a retained-funds calculation and closure conditions.

Common mistake

Watch for this

Closing the old account while wages or pending bills still use it.

How can I tell I understand it?

Audit recurring routing and calculate funds that can move after retained obligations on a new supplied case, with a visible intermediate check and no unsupported real-world promise.

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Quick knowledge check

Answer all 3 questions. Get at least 2 right and the lesson completes automatically.

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1$300 old balance, $80 pending obligations and $30 retained buffer: tentative movable amount?
2A new account is open but wages still arrive at the old account. Is the move verified?
3What demonstrates a completed paper audit?
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CFPB — Bank accounts
Source & access notes · checked 2026-10-01

Official page opened/read during Money expansion authoring; checked the relevant concept and access state. These sources do not establish funding eligibility.

Access: Readable official webpage inspected with the web reader on 2026-10-01. No interactive-tool operation is claimed.

Reuse: Original fictional practice, questions and calculations; paraphrased concepts with a source link. No source exercise copied.

CFPB — How long can a bank or credit union hold funds I deposited?
Source & access notes · checked 2026-10-01

Official page opened/read during Money expansion authoring; checked the relevant concept and access state. These sources do not establish funding eligibility.

Access: Readable official webpage inspected with the web reader on 2026-10-01. No interactive-tool operation is claimed.

Reuse: Original fictional practice, questions and calculations; paraphrased concepts with a source link. No source exercise copied.

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