How to change a payment from Spend Money to Pay Bill after the account has been monthly reconciled?
- 5 years ago
Hey JoJoba1999
Thank you for your post, If the Transaction has been recorded and reconciled, this can be fixed.
First ensure to take a back up of the file, you can do this by going to file> back up.
First check that there is no lock period,You can check this by going to
- Go to the Setup menu and choose Preferences.
- Click the Security tab.
- Untick the lock period. (if selected)

Once you have confirmed that there is no lock period , If you want to delete a reconciled transaction, you need to undo the bank reconciliation first, then delete the entry and re-reconcile the account.
You can either delete or reverse this transaction,
To reverse the transaction,
- Go to the Setup menu and choose Preferences.
- Click the Security tab.
- Select the option Transactions Can't Be Changed; They Must Be Reversed.
- Click OK.
You will then need to locate this transaction, you can find this when re-reconciling by clicking the arrow next to the SM transactionor going to Banking > transaction journal > disbursements, if known, entering in the date range to help with the search and then click on file> reverse transaction or (If you didn't do the above Transactions Can't Be Changed; They Must Be Reversed ) You will then have the option under file > delete transaction.
This will then allow you to re -reconcile your accounts and should then balance.