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The Check Register is more convenient than General Journal, if all you want to
do is record your checks and deposits. Check Register does not print checks,
it simply records them. General Journal and Check Register records are
basically the same. This will be obvious.
Checks
------
All Check entries will be CREDITED to a GL account number which you specify
before you begin. Normally, this account number is an Asset account (or
subaccount) in your Chart of Accounts. You have probably already named this
account "Cash" or "Checking Account", or the like. In this module, it is
called the Check Register account.
The -STUB- portion of your Check Register screen records the accounts which
will be DEBITED. Normally, these are Expense accounts.
Deposits
--------
There is also a Deposit Slip, which is conjured up by entering "DEP" instead
of a check number. You STOP the deposit slip routine by Entering a zero
amount the next time the amount field comes up. (Yes, I know, that's two
keystrokes instead of one!)
On the Deposit Slip, the accounts you enter will all be CREDITED, and the SUM
of the amounts you enter will be DEBITED to the Check Register account you
named on startup.
There are a few things you should be aware of:
1) The Check No. field will accept non-numeric entry, especially "DEP",
which calls up the Deposit Slip routine. Any other alphanumeric
non-number, including "SC", "ATM", "OTHER" (up to six letters), and
patterns like "100A" or "BC99", will be treated like a check.
DEP enters the word "** Deposit **" in your Journal. SC enters the
words "** Service Charge **" in your Journal. Anything else is
entered as is, but converted to UPPER case. (You don't have to
use the quotation marks.)
2) The MEMORANDUM field on your screen is variable length. It will be
longer if your PAYEE field is shorter. (The length of your check
number field also has a small effect on the memo field's length).
3) MINUS SIGNS WILL BE IGNORED. You cannot debit your checking account
by trying to make a check amount negative. Use "DEP" and enter your
deposits on the Deposit Slip.
4) Entering a VOID check with a zero amount is allowed. The Journal
will not accept one-sided zero balance "transactions", so this is
not only the obvious way, it's the ONLY way to do it.
You use this method when you must RECORD THE CHECK NUMBER without also
entering a phony "transaction" for some check that was never issued.
You should enter the VOID comment yourself, it isn't automatically
added.
If you wish to VOID a check (or transaction) that has ALREADY BEEN
ENTERED in the Journal, you will have to post a reversing entry using
the General Journal data entry screen. Be careful! Are there other
transactions which will be affected if you void THIS one? The procedure
may require an accountant and cannot be automated.
5) You cannot enter the backslash character on the Check Register screen.
If you do, the character is converted to a forward slash. This is
because the backslash divides the Item description into subfields.
Use General Journal to enter your transaction, if this restriction
is occasionally (if ever!) inconvenient.
6) If you are recording checks for more than one checking account, you
should do them in separate batches -- all one, then all the other --
i.e., Esc from Check Register and come in again from the Main Menu.
CAUTION: There is NO WAY to keep you from making this mistake,
although the Check Register does ask you to confirm a check number
which is apparently out of sequence. If you begin a new sequence,
you're on your own.
*** WARNING *** If you GO BACK in the number sequence for some reason,
your next check number may not be accurate, and there
is no message. Pay attention to what you're doing!
If you are entering checks for two accounts indiscriminately,
some of your checks will certainly be posted to the wrong account.
The check number will be AUTO-INCREMENTED for the next check you
enter -- unless the last "check number" was a non-number like "SC"
or "OTHER". This number is only kept for one account, and you should
not regard its value as anything more than a convenience.
Adding Machine Feature
----------------------
Notice that the Check Register and Deposit Slip routines do not complain if
you enter duplicate account numbers on the stub or deposit. However, the
entries for a single account are all merged together before they are presented
to your Journal -- this maintains the integrity of your Ledger.