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JulesGerbera
Experienced Cover User
3 months ago

Reconciling my EFTPOS clearing account/EFTPOS settlements

We have setup a bank account called EFTPOS clearing account as we have our own business EFTPOS machine that take credit card payments.

 

I am in the process of trying to reconcile but have found when a payment is received directly from a customer for a Sales invoice (i.e account customer that we bill) via credit card with our business EFTPOS machine.

 

When trying to reconcile this account I am stumped at how to reconcile correctly as when one of our customers pays by credit card, I allocate the payment to the clearing account but it is putting the balance out for me to balance my EFTPOS settlement statement

 

For example:-

 

All EFTPOS transactions/settlements received go in as a withdrawal into this account but on the 7/7/25 our EFTPOS settlement was made up of 1 x customer paying via credit card $2561.28 and the other one off customers for that day totalled $723.07 (screenshot)

So my balance as at the end of July 25 should balance as per statement of $8401.83

 

I have also attached a copy of our EFTPOS settlement report for reference.

 

Should I be raising a journal entry to get this to balance? or handling the sales invoices credit card payments to an undeposited funds account?

 

Thank you

 

 

1 Reply

  • Genreve_S's avatar
    Genreve_S
    MYOB Moderator

    Hi JulesGerbera

     

    Thanks for the screenshot, it really helps.

    You’re right: in the EFTPOS clearing, customer receipts should show as positives; the daily settlement moving out to your bank (and any merchant fee) will show as negatives. A negative line is fine if it’s the settlement.

     

    How to confirm what the $723.07 is:

    • Go to Banking > Find transactions > Debits and credits and open the $723.07.
    • If it’s a Spend money/Transfer out to your bank (or a fee), that’s the settlement; leave it as a negative.
    • If it was meant to be a customer receipt, it should be a Receive payment/Receive money into the clearing (positive). In that case, reverse the withdrawal and re‑record it as a receipt to the clearing

    This will clear up if it needs to be re-recorded or left as is. 

     

    Regards,
    Genreve