How to edit reconciled transactions
Description
Cause
Resolution

Customer or Vendor Changes

  1. You can’t change the customer or vendor.
  2. Delete the transaction and enter a new receipt or payment with the correct customer or vendor.

Reconciled Bank Transfers or Deposits

  1. You can’t edit these.
  2. Reverse the bank transfer or deposit to clear the value from the bank account.

Editing Transactions

  1. The transaction stays reconciled if you change the Reference, Method, Ledger Account, or Date within the reconciled period.
  2. The transaction stays unreconciled if you change the Bank account, Amount, or Date to one beyond the reconciliation period.
  3. We add a Removed from reconciliation label to the Corrected Transaction column.
  4. We update the starting balance of your next reconciliation.

Audit trail and reports

  1. When you edit a transaction, we reverse the original transaction and create a new one with a new transaction number.
  2. Only the new transaction shows on your reports.

Change the description, reference, or ledger account

  1. From Banking, select the relevant bank account.
  2. From the Activity tab, select the relevant row to open the transaction.

  3. Make the required changes and Save.

Change the date

  1. From Banking, select the relevant bank account.
  2. From the Activity tab, select the relevant row to open the transaction to edit.

  3. Change the date and Save.
    • The transaction remains reconciled if the new date is within the reconciliation period
    • The transaction remains unreconciled if the new date is after the reconciliation period

Change the bank account or amount

  1. From Banking, select the relevant bank account.
  2. From the Activity tab, select the relevant row to open the transaction.

  3. Change the bank account or amount.
  4. If you're reducing the amount of an allocated customer receipt or vendor payment, adjust the Amount to Pay or Discount as required.
  5. Save your changes.

Reconcile again

  1. Open the reconciliation page and check the Statement End Date and Starting Balance.
  2. Enter the Statement End Balance to match the new balance after reconciling the edited transaction.
  3. Select the check box in the Reconcile column.
  4. Check the Reconciled balance is correct and the difference is zero.
  5. Select Finish.

 

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