Bank reconciliation in real time in Erlach without the stress: how it works
Delegate, digitalise or do it all yourself? Around bank reconciliation in Erlach, every SME draws its own line. The reference points below — federal law, cantonal practice and lessons from the field — help you place the cursor well.
Digitalising bank reconciliation: what actually works
Accounting digitalisation always follows the same path: capture documents at the source (photo or PDF upload), let automatic recognition extract supplier, amount, date and VAT, approve the proposed entries, then archive each document linked to its entry. Every step removes a re-keying — and therefore an error source.
Electronic archiving is fully recognised: Swiss bookkeeping regulation admits electronic retention of records provided integrity and readability are guaranteed for the 10 years of art. 958f CO. A paper binder is no longer an obligation — provided the archiving system is serious.
The Swiss legal frame for bank reconciliation
Responsibility for the books is personal: in an SA, organising the accounting is one of the board's non-transferable duties (art. 716a CO); in a Sàrl, the managing directors carry the same duty. Outsourcing the execution never transfers that underlying responsibility, including for a company based in Erlach.
Art. 957a CO requires complete, truthful and systematic recording of transactions, each entry backed by a supporting document. For bank reconciliation, that means in practice: no movement without a receipt, and an audit trail that can be reconstructed at any time — including during a VAT or AHV inspection.
Outsource bank reconciliation or keep it in-house?
Responsibility stays with the client: the fiduciary executes with care, but the signed accounts bind the company. Understanding what you sign is not optional.
A business in Erlach is no longer limited to fiduciaries in its canton: with a shared online platform, collaboration works remotely, documents and entries visible to both sides in real time. The choice widens to all of Switzerland — competence becomes the criterion again, not the postcode.
QR-bills and friction-free collections
Instalments and partial payments are handled cleanly with distinct references per tranche: each collection finds its share, and the remaining balance stays correct at all times.
For bank reconciliation, the share of collections matched automatically is a metric worth watching: when it drops, it is almost always a matter of misused references.
Erlach: what changes, what does not
Working with a fiduciary from Erlach no longer depends on geography: the documents of a business in Erlach are shared online, while the canton Bern keeps its own deadlines for the tax return.
Federal deadlines do not move in Erlach: VAT within 60 days, salary declaration in January, 10-year record retention — postal code 3235 changes nothing about those rules, only the sender's address.
Frequently asked questions
How long must records related to bank reconciliation be kept?
Ten years from the end of the financial year concerned (art. 958f CO). Electronic retention is permitted if the integrity and readability of the records are guaranteed — a serious digital archive validly replaces paper binders. A business in Erlach can therefore archive fully digitally.
Can bank reconciliation be automated with AI?
Largely, yes: automatic document reading, posting suggestions, bank reconciliation via QR references and VAT exports. Human approval remains essential — AI prepares, the professional checks. That is exactly how MyFiducia.ai approaches bank reconciliation.
Which documents should be prepared for the year-end closing?
Bank and cash statements at the closing date, the inventory of stock and work in progress, final AHV/LPP/accident settlements, contracts signed or amended during the year, invoices straddling two years and the detail of accruals. With an up-to-date document archive, most of it is already there. The list is identical in Erlach: the CO dictates it, not the commune.
Does MyFiducia.ai work for a business based in Erlach?
Yes: the platform runs online, the rules applied are federal (VAT, CO, AHV), and the file can be shared with any fiduciary. A business in Erlach manages its documents, VAT and exports exactly as anywhere in Switzerland.
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