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  • How to post a vendor chq that was cashed in a wrong amount?

    Hello, When I was doing the bank reconciliation, I realized that one of our vendor cheques was deposited in a wrong amount. The amount we issued was $153, while the bank statement showed $53 only, not sure if it's due to a misread of the bank teller…
  • Year end adjustments to account payables

    I know there was few topics on similar issue but it seems I didin't find the answer. I received following year end adjustments Account payables Cr 20 000 consulting services Db 20 000 Since I cannot do adjustments to accounts payables without…
  • Adjusting the total of a Paid Bill

    I entered a bill for $3000 and paid it. the vendor called and said the bill was for $5000 and turns out I entered the bill wrong initially. Since the month was still open I changed the bill amount from $3000 to $5000 which created an open balance of…
  • How do I correct an opening balance error in bank account?

    When the system was setup, the person who did the setup, opened the bank account with 50K CR instead of 50K DR. When I took over in January, I wanted to correct the opening bank balance. I went through the account setup and changed the opening balance…
  • Reversing a Reversed Cheque

    It looks like this has been asked before, but the posts are ancient history so I thought that I'd ask again in case something has changed in the last eight years. I reversed a cheque, but it was mailed and cleared our bank account. My reconciliation…
  • Creditor Refund

    Hi all, I have a situation in how to account for a creditor refund. The scenario is: Prepayment to Goods Supplier 1000 Goods received 900 Supplier invoice 900 Supplier refund 100 As the prepayment as been paid on a proforma invoice, the…
  • Year End Closing

    Hello All, I recently took over the accounts payable department at my job. I learned that when they close the year out, they do close the current year, they actually close the prior year. For example: 12/31/15, they closed out 2014 not 2015. My questions…
  • How to delete/revise an invoice in 2014?

    Hi, I am having trouble deleting an invoice in 2014. A purchasing department person created one invoice(A) with PO last year so did I(B) last year. So, the invoice A remains on Accounts payable report this year. However, our company closed our last…
  • How to remove outstanding transaction from account reconciliation

    I (foolishly) adjusted a payables invoice several months after I'd reconciled the Credit Card account from which I paid the invoice.I did this as part of my year end review of my books (year-end is Sept 30). (The adjustment was to move the expense to…
  • A/P Deleting open invoices

    I have several open invoices from prior years that are also related to jobs that are now closed. How do I delete or void these so that they no longer show on my open invoice register? I cannot enter a credit memo to zero them out because the job is closed…
  • Year End Adjustments - Corrections to A/P or A/R

    My accountant has requested a series of Adjusting Journal Entries, including adjustments to Payable and Receivable Accounts: Here is a sample: 31/12/14 Accounts Receivable XYZ Inc - Account No. 1205 - Debit - 7592.20 31/12/14 Accounts Payable -…