Payments, deposits and bank account transfers

Record general money going out, money coming in, and transfers between your bank accounts.

These screens are under Banking & General Ledger → Transactions and record entries that are not aid payments.

Payments screen

Payments and Deposits

Open Payments (money out) or Deposits (money in).

  1. Set the Date and check the Reference.
  2. Choose Pay To / From (supplier, customer or miscellaneous) or a Quick Entry, and the bank account (From for payments, Into for deposits).
  3. Choose Cheque with its number, or Bank Transfer with its ID, and enter any Bank Charges.
  4. Add the lines with Add Item: GL account, dimension, amount and memo. The total is shown at the bottom.
  5. Press Process Payment or Process Deposit.

Bank Account Transfers

Open Banking & General Ledger → Transactions → Bank Account Transfers. Choose From Account and To Account (they must be different), the Transfer Date, the Amount and optional Bank Charge and Memo, then press Enter Transfer.

Rules

  • The date must be valid, inside the fiscal year, and not in a closed period.
  • The amount must be greater than zero.
  • A cheque number already issued on the same bank account is refused.
  • The transaction cannot take the account beyond its authorized overdraft limit.

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