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Document template · generic.finance.bank_reconciliation

Bank Reconciliation

  • Render-verified
  • Informational
  • Version 1.0.0

Periodic reconciliation between a company's internal book balance and the bank statement balance for a single account, listing every reconciling item (outstanding deposits, outstanding checks, bank fees, interest, errors) and computing a reconciled balance with preparer and reviewer sign-off.

JSON Schema

Fields in this template

Data sent to the API is validated against the template’s JSON Schema before anything is rendered. This template defines 37 fields:

Field Required Type Description
entity Required object
entity.name Required string
account Required object
account.name Required string
account.bank Required string
account.number Required string
period Required object
period.start Required date
period.end Required date
currency Required string
statement_reference Optional string
balances Required object
balances.opening_book Required number
balances.closing_book Required number
balances.opening_bank Required number
balances.closing_bank Required number
reconciling_items Required array of object
reconciling_items[].date Required date
reconciling_items[].type Required enum
reconciling_items[].description Required string
reconciling_items[].sign Required enum
reconciling_items[].amount Required number
totals Required object
totals.adjustments_add Required number
totals.adjustments_subtract Required number
totals.reconciled_balance Required number
totals.variance Optional number
totals.variance_explanation Optional string
notes Optional string
preparer Required object

+7 more fields — the full JSON Schema is available in the dashboard and via the API.

POST /render

Generate it

One POST /render call: send your JSON, get the finished PDF back. Or skip the JSON entirely and describe the document in plain language on chut.app.

curl
curl -X POST https://api.papii.eu/render \
  -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "template": "generic.finance.bank_reconciliation",
    "data": { ... },
    "options": {"language": "en"}
  }' -o bank-reconciliation.pdf

Frequently asked questions

What is “Bank Reconciliation”?

Periodic reconciliation between a company's internal book balance and the bank statement balance for a single account, listing every reconciling item (outstanding deposits, outstanding checks, bank fees, interest, errors) and computing a reconciled balance with preparer and reviewer sign-off. On papii this document is available as template generic.finance.bank_reconciliation: a JSON Schema plus a deterministic PDF renderer, so the same data always produces the same document.

Can I generate a Bank Reconciliation with AI?

Yes. chut.app — the AI back office papii powers — fills this template from a plain-language description: you describe the document in one sentence, the AI structures the data, papii validates it against the schema and renders the PDF. Developers can also call the papii API directly with structured JSON.

Is the Bank Reconciliation template legally compliant?

This template is render-verified: its schema, sample data and PDF output are automatically tested on every release. It is published with status “ready”, meaning it has not yet been through papii’s final legal review. Where it references specific legislation, that is stated in the template description — always have a professional check documents with legal effect before relying on them.