How to combine bank statements for your accountant
12 monthly statements → one searchable PDF in 5 minutes.
Accountants charge by the hour. Every minute they spend opening 12 separate statement files is a minute they bill you for. A single merged, searchable, page-numbered PDF saves real money.
Merge the monthly PDFs
Pre-name them YYYY-MM-statement.pdf so they sort chronologically. Drop them in, drag thumbnails to confirm order, click Merge. Free tool runs in your browser.
OCR if image-only
Some banks export PDFs as images, not text. The accountant can't search them without OCR. Run AI OCR on the merged file before sending.
Save as a Macro
Once you've done this once, save the steps as a Macro. Next year-end, drop in 12 files and click run.
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