Clearing an Orphan Transaction in Bank Rec

If you have entered a transaction in Bank Reconciliation to correct your balance, and you want to clear it outside of your normal reconciliation process, you can do the following:

1.    If the correcting entry you entered was a debit to the bank (the check side) mark the entry as cleared, call back up the bank in Bank Reconciliation, and make a note of the amounts in the Beginning Balance and Ending Balance fields.

2.    Enter the amount of the transaction you are trying to clear in the Beginning Balance field and leave the Ending Balance field at 0.00.  Click OK and your Difference field in Bank Reconciliation should now be 0.00. Click the CLEAR RECONCILED ITEMS Button.

3.    Call back up the bank in Bank Reconciliation and reset your Statement Date, Beginning Balance and Ending Balance with the amounts noted in Step 1.

4.    If the correcting entry you entered was a credit to the bank (the deposit side), mark the entry as cleared, call back up the bank in Bank Reconciliation, and make a note of the amounts in the Beginning Balance and Ending Balance fields.

5.    Leave the Beginning Balance field at 0.00 and enter the amount of the transaction you are trying to clear in the Ending Balance field.  Click OK and your Difference field in Bank Reconciliation should now be 0.00. Click the CLEAR RECONCILED ITEMS Button.

6.    Call back up the bank in Bank Reconciliation and reset your Statement Date, Beginning Balance and Ending Balance with the amount noted in Step 4.