Investigate whether the difference reflects an error, a different reporting period or another substantive issue. Explain it with appropriate supporting records.
Do not silently choose the preferred number
Keep the relevant chronology and identify the authoritative correction where established. Avoid altering a statement yourself or making an unsupported claim that the earlier figure was merely a typo. Set the two versions side by side and describe the difference in writing before asking anyone to interpret it: the document, the field, the earlier figure, the later figure, and what is known about each.
Then approach the institution that issued both, ask which is authoritative and why, and keep the reply. Hypothetical example: a tree-care equipment distributor's replacement statement shows an incoming amount larger than the first copy because the original had been produced from an interim system before a month-end adjustment posted. That explanation is verifiable and can be evidenced with the institution's own confirmation.
Where no such explanation is available, say so plainly and submit both versions with the chronology, since a disclosed discrepancy reads very differently from a discovered one. Never edit either document, never present a summary in place of the underlying records, and do not describe a difference as a typographical error unless someone with authority over the record has said that it is. Where the institution will not comment on the difference, record the request, the refusal and its date, and present that alongside both versions rather than characterising the record yourself.