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simon15
August 14, 2019
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I have an Expense Transaction for a Cheque / "Retained Profit Balance Forward Account". Orig I connected my pers bank acc but since dropped that. Can't delete this entry

  • August 14, 2019
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If I try to delete it says I need to reconnect the bank account concerned but I am worried doing that will just create other unwanted entries elsewhere. Is there any other way of getting rid of it or can it just be ignored?
Best answer by GeorgiaC

Hey Simon,

 

The reconciled warning does not matter as it was reconciled in error and you are making the account inactive :) 

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payment after leaving
August 14, 2019


Hi simon15

 

You will have to make active the chart of accounts/bank account that you made in active, delete the transaction and then make the chart of account/bank account inactive again.

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simon15Author
August 14, 2019

Hi, thanks for responding.

 

I tried adding the personal account back and trying Delete but it still says the account is not active. Don't think it sees the new one as the same as the old one.

 

I can open the transaction and change the account to my newly connected personal bank account but the balance is not the same now as it says something about creating a reconcile issue. I didn't change it.

 

So it appears I can't delete it?

 

 

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simon15Author
August 14, 2019

OK

 

I think I worked out what it is. I originally set the entry for my current account as inactive in the Accounting page. I think that created the Expense Transaction (it had warned me it was going to do "something" to balance it out.

 

If I make that entry Active again then I can delete the Cheque.

 

I don't think any of this matters to the actual "business". It is just some legacy crud I have got stuck in QB now.

 

Thanks

 

Simon

 

 

 

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GeorgiaC
August 14, 2019

Hey simon15,

 

The adjusting transaction will post again to the Retained Profit Balance Forward Account with the account balance, the only way to prevent the adjustment would be to delete the transactions in the account to get the balance to 0.00 before making the account inactive.

 

Thanks

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simon15Author
August 14, 2019

Hi

 

OK, so if I go into the Bank Account History for my personal bank account (that should have never been there in the first place) I can try to Delete the Opening Balance.

 

It then says the account has been reconciled and will be out next time I try to reconcile it.

 

Does that matter? I am trying to get rid of it anyway?

 

Thanks

 

Simon

 

 

 

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GeorgiaCAnswer
August 14, 2019

Hey Simon,

 

The reconciled warning does not matter as it was reconciled in error and you are making the account inactive :) 

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