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KGW1
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6 days ago

Customer statement showing an amount owing, but customer doesn't owe anything.

We have five customers who have a small amount (or credit) outstanding showing on their statement every month, however there is $0 actually owing for each of them. The reports A/Receivables Report & Aged Receivable Summary have all of the customers (correctly) with $0 owing, but Customer Statements show there are amounts outstanding.

All five customers' transactions are pre July 2015. These amounts are definitely errors. It may be that previous employees have dealt with these incorrectly).

(Examples would be $27.00 owing to us, or $44.00 credit owing to them. Small but annoying)

 

Our Accountant has said to journal them out. I can journal, but need to be able to tie the transactions back to each individual customer card so I can clear each amount off the correct customer, which is where I am getting stuck. 

Could someone please help with step by step instructions to clear these out of our system?

 

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  • Princess_R's avatar
    Princess_R
    MYOB Moderator
    6 days ago

    Hi KGW1,

     

    Thanks for the detailed explanation. It does seem unusual that the other reports are showing different figures from your customer statements. As the Aged Receivables reports are correctly showing $0, I’d recommend checking whether this is a statement display issue before making any adjustments. As you’ve posted on the AccountRight board, it sounds like you’re using the desktop version. Could you please try printing/emailing the statements from the browser version and check whether the same issue occurs there?

    If the issue appears in both versions, your file may need a closer look from our support team so they can investigate what’s causing it.

     

    Before entering any journals, it’s important to review the transaction history for open invoices, payments, credits, returns, journals, unapplied credits and unposted payments. If the amounts are confirmed as historical errors and your accountant has approved the adjustment, our support team can guide you through the steps. You can reach them through any of the support options listed on our Contact page.

     

    Cheers,

    Princess