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To enter a new Bank Adjustment, type in the Type of Adjustment using the relevant keywords and continue with the other entries.
select the black Enter Adjustment button on the bank reconciliation screen.
Wise Owl Legal software has made adjustments easy, by having a pre-existing list of adjustments to choose from, spell out in layman’s terms.
The adjustments have also been pre-numbered for your conveniencerelate to the keywords. The list of adjustments, and additional information, is detailed below:
- There is money deposited into my account that I have not yet processed
- This is the most common type of adjustment and usually occurs because of the trust accounting regulation that states that trust receipts cannot be backdated
- The The date is is the date the money was physically received by the firm (in the case of direct deposits, this is the date the funds appear on the bank statement)
- The The description is is what the funds are for. E.g. professional fees
- The The Txn Ref is is the receipt number for the transaction, when it has been processed.
- The The matter ref ref is the matter number the funds relate if if
- There is an error on my bank statement that the BANK will put BACK INTO my account
- There is an error on my bank statement that the BANK will TAKE OUT of my account
- There is money taken out of my account that the FIRM will PUT BACK
- A cheque Trust Payment was presented for LESS than our records
- A cheque Trust Payment was presented for MORE than our records
- A Trust Payment has been entered in my Bank Account that I will fix next month
- Money deposited was MORE than the receipt we wrote – Firm will receipt
- Money deposited was for LESS than the receipt we wrote – Firm will deposit more
- Deposit for General was put into trust – bank will correct
- Deposit for General was put into trust – we will receipt and process correction
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- None of the above describes my problem
When in the adjustment screen, this list can be brought up by pressing the down arrow on your keyboard.
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