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DDSG
January 31, 2024
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Why is quickbooks showing uncleared transactions from a different year than the one I am reconciling?

  • January 31, 2024
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My company reconciled the year 2021 in March 2022. I had unreconciled 2021 to work on fixing some issues from that year. Now that I have finished and I am about to reconcile again, I see a section that states "Uncleared deposits and checks after 12/31/2021." and it only shows transactions from January till March right up until 3/22. All those transactions are from 2022 have nothing to do with 2021. They don't appear to affect my 2021 reconciliation numbers either. I can clearly see it is showing me uncleared transactions in 2022 up until the date we reconciled 2021 in March but I don't understand the purpose of this? Why does quickbooks show this when I am reconciling 2021 if none of these transactions pertain to that year? Am I supposed to account for these in some way? And if I reconcile 2021 again today will it now show uncleared transactions all the way from after 12/31/21 till today (the new date 2021 was reconciled)?

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January 31, 2024

Thanks for joining the Community, DDSG.

 

If you have old, uncleared checks cluttering up your books, you can run a couple different reports to help handle them.

 

Here's how to create a report for all uncleared checks:
 

  1. In the left navigation bar, go to Transactions, then Chart of accounts.
  2. Find an account you want to run your report for.
  3. In its Action column, click Run report from the drop-down list.
  4. Hit Customize and set All Dates for your Report period.
  5. Press Filter, then tick the Transaction Type checkbox.
  6. In your drop-down, choose Bill Payment (Check), Liability Payment (Check), and Paycheck.
  7. Tick your Cleared checkbox.
  8. Pick Uncleared from the drop-down.
  9. Select Run report.

 

Another method is running a bank report sorted by cleared status.

 

If you're unsure of how to deal with certain uncleared checks, I'd recommend working with an accounting professional. In the event you're in need of one, there's an awesome tool on our website called Find a ProAdvisor. All ProAdvisors listed there are QuickBooks-certified and able to provide helpful insights for driving your business's success.

 

Please don't hesitate to send a reply if there's any additional questions. Have a lovely Wednesday!

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