TrustRecon: three-way IOLTA reconciliation without a practice-management suite
Trust account mistakes are discipline risks. Most U.S. jurisdictions expect lawyers who hold client money in a pooled trust (IOLTA) account to keep three things in agreement every month: The trust journal (book balance
Trust account mistakes are discipline risks. Most U.S. jurisdictions expect lawyers who hold client money in a pooled trust (IOLTA) account to keep three things in agreement every month:
- The trust journal (book balance)
- The sum of client subsidiary ledgers
- The adjusted bank statement (statement + deposits in transit β outstanding checks)
That is the three-way reconciliation.
Full practice-management products solve this well β for a monthly fee, with balances in the cloud. Spreadsheets are free until a formula breaks and one client's money silently covers another's check.
TrustRecon
TrustRecon is a free, local-first browser tool for the three-way math. Nothing is uploaded.
- Client subsidiary ledgers (plus a firm-funds ledger for bank fees)
- Trust journal with running book balance
- Cleared / outstanding tracking
- Three-way recon to the cent
- Guard against disbursements that would leave a client negative
- Saved month-end recons, print/text report, journal CSV, JSON backup
- Sample month that balances
Source: github.com/SybilGambleyyu/TrustRecon
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Not legal advice. Not affiliated with any bar or IOLTA program. Does not connect to your bank or file state interest reports. Rules vary by jurisdiction β confirm requirements with your own bar. Data stays in this browser; export backups.
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