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A first accounting for the Estate of Margaret A. Hollings — Fairfax County, Virginia. Period 03/14/2025–03/13/2026. Synthetic demonstration data.

Statement coverage 12/12 months · no gapsFormatted to Virginia Commissioner of Accounts standards3 exceptions detected · 3 resolved · 0 outstanding

Ingested14 documents · 3 institutions · 412 line items auto-extracted
Parsed ✓Classified ✓Source-linked ✓

Bank statements, brokerage records, and invoices — read, extracted, and categorized automatically.

Inventory value

$842,150.00

Accounts reconciled

3

Transactions matched

47 / 47

Source-linked

100%

Variance

$0.00

RECONCILING

Transactions

showing 8 of 47

AllIncomeDisbursements

Date	Description	Account	Amount	Status
03/14	SSA benefit deposit	WF …4471	+ 2,431.00	MATCHED
03/18	Dominion Energy	WF …4471	− 184.22	MATCHED
03/22	Schwab dividend	Schwab …9920	+ 1,026.55	MATCHED
03/29	Estate atty. retainer	WF …4471	− 3,500.00	EXCEPTION
04/05	Property tax (Fairfax Co.)	WF …4471	− 4,812.00	MATCHED
04/19	Funeral expense	WF …4471	− 9,240.00	EXCEPTION
05/03	IRA interest	Schwab …1185	+ 412.88	MATCHED
05/16	Home insurance (vacant)	WF …4471	− 1,148.40	EXCEPTION

Source evidence

High confidence

Matched document

Invoice #INV-2291 — Pierce & Associates, PLLC · dated 03/27/2026 · $3,500.00

PIERCE & ASSOCIATES, PLLC
Invoice  INV-2291      03/27/2026
Re: Estate of M. Hollings — retainer
Professional services ............. 3,500.00
TOTAL DUE ......................... 3,500.00

AUDIT NOTE · Flagged: no bank-statement match within ±$0.01. Resolved: matched to attached invoice and check #1043, cleared WF …4471 on 03/31/2026.

Source · WF Estate Checking …4471 · p.3Reconciled by Probity · reviewed by attorney

Exception engine

3 detected · 3 resolved · 0 outstanding

Missing sourceAmount mismatchDuplicateUncategorizedOut-of-periodUnsupported disbursementFooting error

Missing source03/29 atty. retainer −$3,500.00 → matched to invoice INV-2291 + check #1043.

Duplicate suspected04/19 funeral expense −$9,240.00 → confirmed single payment (vendor invoice INV-1180).

Amount mismatch05/16 home insurance: ledger −$1,144.00 vs statement −$1,148.40 (Δ $4.40) → corrected to statement.

Charge / discharge tie-out

Fiduciary format

	Principal	Income	Total
Beginning balance (inventory)	$842,150.00	$0.00	$842,150.00
Receipts	+ $20,000.00	+ $4,310.55	+ $24,310.55
Disbursements	− $60,000.00	− $1,460.22	− $61,460.22
Distributions to beneficiaries	− $0.00	− $0.00	− $0.00
Ending balance	$802,150.00	$2,850.33	$805,000.33

Variance $0.00 · ● BALANCED — principal and income both reconcile

Separated per Virginia fiduciary accounting standards.

3 exceptions detected and resolved · 0 unexplained items · 100% source-linked.

First Accounting

Estate of Margaret A. Hollings

SummaryReceiptsDisbursementsAssetsExhibits

47 source exhibits attached

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Every number tied to a source.
Every packet ready for review.

Source-linked

Every line item links back to the exact statement and page it came from.

Zero-variance

No unexplained imbalance ever leaves the system. The books must reconcile.

Review-ready

Probity prepares the packet. The attorney reviews and approves. Always.

The Flow

From messy records to a review-ready packet.

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Drop in bank statements, brokerage records, and receipts.

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Probity matches every transaction to its source and flags exceptions.

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