Bank Reconciliation Screen Field Reference
General tab
Field | Description |
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Last Reconciliation Date | Displays the date of the last reconciliation. If this is the first time you are reconciling, this field is blank. |
Bank Opening Balance | Open the bank closing balance from the last reconciliation. If this is the first time you are reconciling, this field displays .00. This value should match the opening balance from your bank statement. If it doesn't, enter the opening balance from your bank statement. |
Bank Closing Balance | In the Bank Closing Balance field, enter the closing balance from your bank statement. |
Payments tab
Each row in the grid on the Payments tab is a posted, unreconciled transaction with a transaction date that is no later than the date in the Reconciliation Thru Date field. This can be:
- a vendor payment or a voided vendor payment from the Vendors module.
- a payroll check or a voided payroll check from the Employees module.
Review these transactions and compare them to your bank statement. Select the checkbox in the Cleared column for each transaction that matches your bank statement. Select the checkbox in the header of the Cleared column to mark all transactions in the grid.
Field | Description |
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Cleared | Select the checkbox if the transaction matches a transaction on your bank statement. |
Source Module | Displays the module for the transaction, either Vendors or Employees. |
Transaction Number | Displays one of the following:
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Transaction Date | Displays one of the following:
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Transaction Amount | Displays one of the following:
A voided amount displays as a negative number. |
Transaction ID | Displays one of the following:
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Transaction Name | Displays one of the following:
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Deposits tab
Each row in the grid on the Deposits tab is a group of posted, unreconciled transactions with a deposit date that is no later than the date in the Reconciliation Thru Date field. These transactions may be customer receipts, miscellaneous receipts, or voided receipts from the Customers module. Customer receipts and miscellaneous receipts are grouped and totaled by deposit ID and deposit date; voided receipts are listed individually.
Review these transactions and compare them to your bank statement. Select the checkbox in the Cleared column for each transaction that matches your bank statement. Select the checkbox in the header of the Cleared column to mark all transactions in the grid.
Field | Description |
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Cleared | Select the checkbox if the transaction matches a transaction on your bank statement. |
Source Module | Displays Customers, the module for all transactions on this tab. |
Deposit ID | Displays one of the following:
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Deposit Date | Displays one of the following:
You may need to add deposit amounts recorded in ProContractor manually in order to compare to the bank statement deposit total. |
Deposit Amount | Displays the total amount of the transactions for the row. A voided amount displays as a negative number. Note that customer and miscellaneous receipts are grouped and totaled by deposit ID and deposit date; voided receipts are listed individually. |
Adjustments tab
- a journal entry with a bank transaction type of Adjustment from the Financial module.
- any transaction that posts to a cash account.
Review these transactions and compare them to your bank statement. You may need to Create or Reverse a Journal Entry for any transactions, such as bank charges and interest, which appear on your bank statement but not in the grid. Select the checkbox in the Cleared column for each transaction that matches your bank statement. Select the checkbox in the header of the Cleared column to mark all transactions in the grid.
Field | Description |
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Cleared | Select the checkbox if the transaction matches a transaction on your bank statement. |
Source Module | Displays the module of the transaction. |
Adjustment Date | Displays one of the following:
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Adjustment Amount | Displays the amount of the journal entry or other transaction. A debit amount displays as a negative number. |
Description | Displays one of the following:
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Transfers tab
Each row in the grid on the Transfers tab is a posted, unreconciled transaction with a transfer date that is no later than the date in the Reconciliation Thru Date field. This can be a journal entry with a bank transaction type of Transfer from the Financial module.
Review these transactions and compare them to your bank statement. Select the checkbox in the Cleared column for each transaction that matches your bank statement. Select the checkbox in the header of the Cleared column to mark all transactions in the grid.
Field | Description |
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Cleared | Select the checkbox if the transaction matches a transaction on your bank statement. |
Source Module | Displays the module of the transaction. |
Transfer Date | Displays the transfer date of the transaction. |
Transfer Amount | Displays the amount of the transaction. A credit amount displays as a negative number. |
Description | Displays the description of the transaction. |
Reconcile Bank Statement tab
This tab displays totals and reconciliation information from the other tabs. Any transaction marked as cleared appears in the grids on the sub-tabs and is included in the totals.
Review the totals on the tab.
Field | Description |
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Beginning Bank Balance | Displays the opening balance from your bank statement that you entered in the Bank Opening Balance field on the General tab. |
Ending Bank Balance | Displays the calculated closing balance. ProContractor determines this value by subtracting the amounts of all transactions marked as Cleared from the beginning bank balance. |
Reconciling Difference | Displays the calculated difference between the ending bank balance and the value in the Bank Closing Balance field on the General tab. If the reconciling difference is .00, you have successfully reconciled the transactions posted in ProContractor with your bank statement. |
Total Payments Cleared | Displays the total amount of the transactions marked as Cleared on the Payments tab. |
Total Adjustments Cleared | Displays the total amount of the transactions marked as Cleared on the Adjustments tab. |
Total Deposits Cleared | Displays the total amount of the transactions marked as Cleared on the Deposits tab. |
Total Transfers Cleared | Displays the total amount of the transactions marked as Cleared on the Transfers tab. |
Payments sub-tab - Each row in the grid is a posted, unreconciled payment transaction marked as cleared on the Payment tab. | |
Source Module | Displays the module for the transaction, either Vendors or Employees. |
Transaction Number | Displays one of the following:
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Transaction Date | Displays one of the following:
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Transaction Amount | Displays one of the following:
A voided amount displays as a negative number. |
Transaction ID | Displays one of the following:
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Transaction Name | Displays one of the following:
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Deposit sub-tab - Each row in the grid is a posted, unreconciled deposit transaction marked as cleared on the Deposit tab. | |
Source Module | Displays Customers, the module for all transactions on this tab. |
Deposit ID | Displays one of the following:
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Deposit Date | Displays one of the following:
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Deposit Amount | Displays the amount of the cash receipt or voided cash receipt. A voided amount displays as a negative number. Note that cash receipts are grouped and totaled by deposit ID and deposit date; voided cash receipts are listed individually. |
Adjustments sub-tab - Each row in the grid is a posted, unreconciled adjustment transaction marked as cleared on the Adjustment tab. | |
Source Module | Displays the module of the transaction. |
Adjustment Date | Displays one of the following:
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Adjustment Amount | Displays the amount of the journal entry or other transaction. A debit amount displays as a negative number. |
Description | Displays one of the following:
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Transfers sub-tab - Each row in the grid is a posted, unreconciled transfer transaction marked as cleared on the Transfers tab. | |
Source Module | Displays the module of the transaction. |
Transfer Date | Displays the transfer date of the transaction. |
Transfer Amount | Displays the amount of the transaction. A credit amount displays as a negative number. |
Description | Displays the description of the transaction. |
Reconcile GL to Bank Statement tab
This tab displays totals and reconciliation information from the other tabs. Any transaction NOT marked as cleared appears in the grids on the sub-tabs and is included in the totals. In addition, the Transactions after Reconciliation Thru Date tab contains transactions where one of the following is true:
- Transactions where the transaction date is after the date in the Reconciliation Thru Date field and the posting date is no later than the date in the Reconciliation Thru Date field.
- Transactions which are marked as cleared and where the posting date is after the date in the Reconciliation Thru Date field and the transaction date is no later than the date in the Reconciliation Thru Date field.
Review the totals on the tab to determine that the balance of the account in ProContractor reconciles with the balance shown on your bank statement.
Field | Description |
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GL Balance | Displays the balance of the account as of the date in the Reconciliation Thru Date field |
Adjusted GL Balance | Displays the calculated balance of the account. ProContractor determines this value by adding the amount in the GL Balance field to the amounts of all payments NOT marked as cleared and subtracting the amounts of all deposits, adjustments, and transfers. |
Reconciling Transactions | Displays the total amount of transactions that appear on the Transactions after Reconciliation Thru Date tab. |
Reconciling Difference | Displays the calculated difference between the amounts in the Bank Closing Balance field on the General tab, the Adjusted GL Balance field on this tab, and the Reconciling Transactions field on this tab. If the reconciling difference is .00, you have successfully reconciled the balance of the account in ProContractor with the balance shown on your bank statement. |
Total Payments Outstanding | Displays the total amount of the transactions NOT marked as cleared on the Payments tab. |
Total Adjustments Outstanding | Displays the total amount of the transactions NOT marked as cleared on the Adjustments tab. |
Total Deposits Outstanding | Displays the total amount of the transactions NOT marked as cleared on the Deposits tab. |
Total Transfers Outstanding | Displays the total amount of the transactions NOT marked as cleared on the Transfers tab. |
Payments sub-tab - Each row in the grid is a posted, unreconciled payment transaction NOT marked as cleared on the Payment tab. | |
Source Module | Displays the module for the transaction, either Vendors or Employees. |
Transaction Number | Displays one of the following:
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Transaction Date | Displays one of the following:
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Transaction Amount | Displays one of the following:
A voided amount displays as a negative number. |
Transaction ID | Displays one of the following:
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Transaction Name | Displays one of the following:
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Deposit sub-tab - Each row in the grid is a posted, unreconciled deposit transaction NOT marked as cleared on the Deposit tab. | |
Source Module | Displays Customers, the module for all transactions on this tab. |
Deposit ID | Displays one of the following:
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Deposit Date | Displays one of the following:
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Deposit Amount | Displays the amount of the cash receipt or voided cash receipt. A voided amount displays as a negative number. Note that cash receipts are grouped and totaled by deposit ID and deposit date; voided cash receipts are listed individually. |
Adjustments sub-tab - Each row in the grid is a posted, unreconciled adjustment transaction NOT marked as cleared on the Adjustment tab. | |
Source Module | Displays the module of the transaction. |
Adjustment Date | Displays one of the following:
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Adjustment Amount | Displays the amount of the journal entry or other transaction. A debit amount displays as a negative number. |
Description | Displays one of the following:
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Transfers sub-tab - Each row in the grid is a posted, unreconciled transfer transaction NOT marked as cleared on the Transfers tab. | |
Source Module | Displays the module of the transaction. |
Transfer Date | Displays the transfer date of the transaction. |
Transfer Amount | Displays the amount of the transaction. A credit amount displays as a negative number. |
Description | Displays the description of the transaction. |
Transactions after Reconciliation Thru Date sub-tab - Each row in the grid is a transaction where one of the following is true:
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Source Module | Displays the module of the transaction. |
Transaction Number | Depending on the source module and the type of transaction, displays the transaction number, the invoice number, or the payroll check number of the transaction. If the transaction is a journal entry, this field is blank. |
Transaction Date | Depending on the source module and the type of transaction, displays the transaction date, the posting date, the payroll check date |
Posting Date | Displays the posting date of the transaction. |
Transaction Amount | Displays the amount of the transaction. |
Transaction ID | Displays one of the following:
If the source module is Financial, this field is blank. |
Name | Displays one of the following:
If the source module is Financial, this field is blank. |