Handling Erroneous Bank Statement Transactions

It may occur that a bank statement contains transactions that are erroneous. If your bank statement has an erroneous transaction, you will not be able to apply it to a ledger entry. A difference will remain in the Difference field and you will not be able to post the bank reconciliation. Before you can do this, you must fill in the bank reconciliation header and lines.

To Handle Erroneous Bank Statement Transactions:

  1. Open the Bank Acc. Reconciliation window.

  2. Select the line that contains the erroneous transaction.

  3. In the Type field, click the AssistButton , and then select Difference. When you do so, a message may appear that asks if you want to delete the application.

  4. Click Yes to have the program clear the Applied field on the ledger entry. The Total Difference field still shows an amount. However, as long as this amount is equal to the sum of all bank statement transactions on lines where the Type field contains Difference, the bank reconciliation can be posted.

Attention

An error may be corrected by the bank on the next bank statement whereby the bank records a corrective transaction instead of reversing the erroneous transaction and then recording the correct transaction. In this situation, you must manually enter the erroneous transaction with Type = Difference and the correct transaction with Type = Bank Account Ledger Entry in order to be able to apply it to the ledger entry.

Related Topics

Reconciling Bank Accounts

Posting Bank Reconciliations

Applying a Bank Statement Transaction to Two or More Bank Account Ledger Entries

Applying Two Bank Statement Transactions to One Ledger Entry

Correcting Bank Reconciliation Lines

Posting Transactions Recorded by the Bank Only