Money arriving is not the end of the cycle. The reconcile stage matches each payment to the invoice it pays, handles short payments, overpayments, and bank fees, and marks invoices as settled so the ledger reflects reality.
Until a payment is applied, the invoice still looks unpaid: customers get wrong reminders, cash forecasts are off, and month-end close takes longer than it should.
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