Reconciliation That Runs Itself
With Xero, Airflow gives each booking a structured draft invoice so payouts in your bank feed can be reconciled against the right booking—turning hours of spreadsheet matching into a quick review.
How it works
When a booking is processed, Airflow captures the details—booking reference, amount, fees and adjustments—and creates a categorised draft invoice in your accounting software. With Xero, the payouts that arrive in your bank feed can then be reconciled against these invoices, so you can match each deposit to the right booking. This helps with the parts of reconciliation that make manual matching painful. Platform payouts often bundle several bookings into one deposit, apply currency conversions, or deduct fees that differ from the original amount. Because each booking has its own structured invoice with line-item detail, you can see what each component should be and match against the bank feed with confidence. When something does not line up—a short payout, an unexpected deduction—the line-item detail makes the difference easy to spot during reconciliation.
Key capabilities
- Structured draft invoices — Each booking carries its amount, fees and references as separate line items
- Bank reconciliation with Xero — Match payouts in your Xero bank feed against the invoices Airflow creates
- Fee detail — Platform commissions, service fees and adjustments are broken out line by line
- Multi-currency — FX applied at booking and invoice time, with conversions recorded
- Booking references — Every invoice is tagged with its booking reference for easy matching
- You stay in control — Invoices are drafts for your review, never auto-posted
Key benefits
Why Auto-Reconciliation matters
Reconciliation, Made Simpler
With Xero, each booking has a structured draft invoice to match payouts in your bank feed against, turning manual matching into a quick review.
Spot Discrepancies
Because every booking carries its expected amounts and fees, short payouts and unexpected deductions are easy to see when you reconcile.
Clear Records
Each draft invoice carries booking references and line-item detail, giving you a clear trail when you reconcile your books.
FAQ
Common questions about Auto-Reconciliation
How does Airflow help with bundled payouts?
When a payout bundles several bookings into one deposit, each booking still has its own structured draft invoice, so you can match the components against the single bank deposit in Xero.
What happens when a payout does not match?
Because each booking carries its expected amount and fees, a short payout or unexpected deduction is easy to spot when you reconcile. You can investigate, add notes and resolve it in your accounting software.
How does reconciliation work with Airflow?
Airflow creates draft invoices for the bookings you process. With Xero, you reconcile these against the payouts in your bank feed as they arrive.
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