Reconciliation
Duplicate transaction
A duplicate transaction is the same economic event recorded more than once.
Reviewed by the Booksmrt bookkeeping teamLast reviewed 2026-07-27
How it works in the books
Duplicates often come from overlapping imports, adding a bank-feed item after a manual entry, or recording a transfer as both an expense and a transfer.
Example
A $1,200 rent payment entered manually and then added again from the bank feed overstates rent by $1,200.
What can go wrong
Similar amount and date are clues, not proof. Recurring legitimate charges should not be deleted without source evidence.
Sources
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