Nobody likes going it alone, especially if whatever you’re trying to do leaves you feeling overwhelmed and incapable. But that’s why it’s good to ask for help from someone who knows what’s up, like inviting your accountant to your QuickBooks Online account so they can help with your bookkeeping.

A fundamental piece of good bookkeeping is routine account reconciliation, the process in which you match up your transactions in QuickBooks Online (QBO) with your bank statement and credit card statements. In addition to being every amount of fun as it sounds, it’s a really helpful process to make sure that your bank accounts match up with your accounting system, and you’re not at risk of overspending based on what’s actually in the bank. It’s a similar process to balancing your checkbook.