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myob20261
Member
1 day ago

Negetive closing statement balance

Hi,

Kindly assist me with the cause of negative closing statement balance for bank reconciliation. All transactions are ticked off according to the bank statement and the cash book but it's giving me a negative balance for closing statement balance.

 

Thank you.

3 Replies

  • Earl_HD's avatar
    Earl_HD
    MYOB Moderator
    19 hours ago

    Hi myob20261,

    That's a tricky one! A negative out-of-balance usually indicates that your bank reconciliation statement’s calculated balance is lower than the actual bank statement balance, often caused by unmatched transactions, deleted entries after reconciliation, incorrect opening balances, or data entry errors. The best move to fix this is to reach out to our back end team for assistance. You can reach our Live Chat team via our virtual assistant, MOCA or by submitting a support case via MyAccount.

    Regards,
    Earl

  • myob20261's avatar
    myob20261
    Member
    19 hours ago

    Hi Doreen,

     

    Thank you for your response.

     

    My bad, I mean the OUT OF BALANCE figure is negative after successfully matching off all the transactions on the bank statement. I tried several times undoing and unticking the reconciliation but it still gives me the same negative figure for the OUT OF BALANCE

     

    What would be the possible cause?

     

    Regards,

    Jacklyn

  • Doreen_P's avatar
    Doreen_P
    MYOB Moderator
    20 hours ago

    Hey myob20261,

     

    The negative closing balance you’re running into often happens when a reconciliation is done using a date earlier than your latest completed one. I've found this Community Forum post with steps on how to fix the negative closing balance. If you run into the same balance after following the steps from the post, you can reach out to our team Live Chat via our virtual assistant, MOCA, or by submitting a support case via My Account. They can also help you with negative closing balance.

     

    Cheers,

    Doreen