Use the Checks and Other Debits grid to clear items and to make adjustments to them when necessary. As you enter checks and other debits to cash through transactions or payroll check entry, those records will appear on this tab, as will debits and/or checks from the Non-recurring Adjustments dialog, the Recurring Adjustments dialog, or the Initial open items dialog. The sum of the cleared amounts on this tab will be matched against the Checks and other debits field on the summary tab for balancing.
The following special commands are available from the Edit menu or from the F3 or right-click context menu when the Checks and Other Debits tab of the Bank Reconciliation window is active.
Use the Checks and Other Debits grid to clear items and to make adjustments to them when necessary. Use The Checks and Other Debits grid to clear items and to make adjustments to them when necessary. As you enter checks and other debits to cash through transactions or payroll check entry, those records will appear on this tab, as will debits and/or checks from the Recurring Adjustments dialog or the Initial open items dialog.The sum of the cleared amounts on this tab will be matched against the Checks and other debits field on the summary tab for balancing.
Clr. Mark this checkbox to clear the transaction as it stands. If you need to clear the transaction for a different amount than is displayed in the Amount field, enter that amount in the Clear For field and the Clr checkbox will be marked automatically. If you unmark the checkbox, any adjustment information for this transaction will be deleted.
Chk #. Displays the check number as entered in the general ledger.
Amount. Displays the amount of the transaction as recorded in the general ledger.
Clr Chk #. If the check was recorded in the Transactions window under a number different from that with which it cleared the bank, record the correct check number here.
Clear for. To clear a transaction for an amount different from the displayed amount, enter the correct amount in this column.
Adjustment. Displays the application-calculated amount of adjustment if an amount is entered in the Clear for column.
GL Acct. Select the GL account to which you would like to apply any required adjustment.
Note: If the adjustment is a result of a bank error, select Bank Error from the bottom of the list of accounts. Nothing is posted to the GL, and the adjustment stays in the bank reconciliation as an uncleared item until the correction shows on the bank statement, at which point you can clear it.
Description. (Optional) Enter a short description for the adjustment.