Client's Funds
Real estate agents and attorneys reconcile their escrow accounts to their clients' balances on a monthly or quarterly basis. This process is called a three-way escrow reconciliation.
Escrow accounts are dynamic and constantly changing, so reconciliation provides a snapshot of the account's balance at a given time. It also shows which files have money or need money.
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Escrow Reconciliation
We offer escrow reconciliation solutions that provide real-time monitoring of escrow accounts to protect clients from fraud vulnerability.
Positive Pay
Positive Pay is a service that is used as a check fraud deterrent and helps protect companies against altered and counterfeit checks.
Bookkeeping Services
We meet the full accounting needs of our clients by providing an array of bookkeeping services.
Audit Preparation
We offer a full review of monthly escrow reconciliation accounts to make sure clients have the required reports and maintain compliant three-way reconciled accounts.
1099-S Filing
We assist in the annual process of submitting your 1099-S documents for proper tax reporting.
File Clean-Up
We assist in the process of reviewing files to ensure you are audit ready.
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Here are some tips for escrow reconciliation:
- Have a third party review the reconciliation to help identify problems.
- Check for positive balances that are more than 90 days old. This could mean that funds were not disbursed as intended, or that funds should be refunded.
- Check for negative balances. This could mean that funds were disbursed from the wrong file, or that not enough funds were collected at settlement.
- If there is a shortage in the escrow, the monthly escrow payment will increase to cover the difference.
- If there is money left over in the escrow after paying taxes and insurance, the servicer will refund the excess funds.