Adding Interest

You can add interest to be included in the reconciliation for a bank account. Use the General tab to add or edit general information for the interest. Use the Detail tab to enter the offsetting entry.

Note

If you add interest in error, you cannot delete the transaction. You must add a reversing entry to correct the error.

ClosedGeneral Tab Fields

Note

A red asterisk (*) indicates a required field or selection.

Deposit # *

The system-generated deposit number, which comes from the Next Deposit # field on the General Tab for Bank Accounts setup. The word New appears when you are adding. This number appears on lists and in reports.

Date

The reconciliation date. This field is not editable.

Amount *

Enter the amount for the deposit.

Description *

The display-only description for the deposit.

Cancel

Click to exit without saving changes.

Save

Click to save your changes.

ClosedDetail Tab Fields

Sequence Number Field

The first column, which is not labeled, is a display-only, system-generated sequential line number.

Bank Account

The display-only bank account identification.

EntityCompany ID

The display-only entitycompany identification.

GL Account

The debit is a display-only general ledger account identification that is associated with the entitycompany cash account.

For the credit, use the Lookup icon to displays the Select GL Account Tab and select the offsetting income account. Once you save the transaction, the system approves and posts immediately to the period that contains the bank statement date. The transaction is not included in a batch or journal entry. You must select the transaction to have it included in the reconciliation.

If you prefer having these transactions contained in a batch or journal entry, add them using the batch and journal entry tabs just as you would any other transaction. Be sure to approve the batch. When you return to the reconciliation process, these items appear as unchecked transactions in the Bank Reconciliation Tab grid. The items are also accounted for in the GL Acct Balance—the general ledger cash account balance field in the total fields.

Description

Type a description of the interest being added.

Amount

Type the amount of the interest being added. The amount defaults based on your entry in the General Tab.

Delete

Click the Delete icon to delete an interest entry. Note that you are deleting one line item detail for this interest transaction but not the entire transaction.

Debit Total

The system-generated debit total for the interest being added. The entry is always a debit to the cash account for this bank. To save entries, the debit and credit totals must match.

Credit Total

The system-generated credit total for the interest being added. To save entries, the debit and credit totals must match.

Cancel

Click to exit without saving changes.

Save

Click to save changes.

ClosedTo Add Interest

  1. From the Bank Reconciliation Details tab, click Add Interest.
  2. On the General tab, select the date of the interest and enter the amount. The system creates an entry for the cash account on the Detail Tab.
  3. Select the Detail Tab, select the offsetting income account and enter the amount.
  4. Click Save.

See Also

Bank Reconciliation Grid

Bank Reconciliation Detail

Adding Service Charges

Adding Adjustments

Bank Reconciliation Overview

Bank Reconciliation Troubleshooting