Bank Reconciliation Essay

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PART 6 – HOW TO PERFORM BANK RECONCILIATION IN MYOB PREMIER MYOB Premier provides powerful time-saving tool which enable users to do bank reconciliation on the quickest and easiest way possible. Performing bank reconciliation can be time-consuming process and yes, boring, especially if you are not able to reconcile the balances after several attempts, and it leave you feeling helpless and feel less efficient. To recap, the purpose of bank reconciliation is to balance the cash in bank balance per the statement given by the bank (called bank statement) against the cash in bank balance per MYOB Premier as of the end of the month. Most often than not, bank reconciliation is also an internal control measure to identify intentional or unintentional unrecorded disbursement transactions, unrecorded deposit transactions, and can be a helpful tool in proper evaluation of internal control put in place to safeguard cash and cash in bank transactions. In order to reconcile the cash in bank balance per bank records (per bank) and book records (per MYOB Premier), items that are not recorded in MYOB but deducted or added in the bank balance as shown by the bank statement should be identified with complete details of the transactions and to make proper adjusting entries after this procedure. The following are common reconciling items in performing the bank reconciliation: 1. Deposit in Transit – this is the term used for deposits made to the bank but not yet reflected in the bank statement. Usually, deposits in transit are those check deposits which are not yet cleared and recorded as deposit in the company’s books but still for recording by the bank upon clearing. 2. Cleared checks - checks released to the payees which are endorsed and... ... middle of paper ... ...rge, and correct Income Account for the interest income. Enter the amounts as positive numbers Screen appear as follows before clicking on Record to save the bank entry: Once Record is clicked on the Bank Entry screen, the screen now revert back to the bank reconciliation screen. Take note the Out of Balance portion is now Zero as shown below. Click on Reconcile, choose Print Report to print a printed copy of the reconciliation. After printing desired number of copies of Reconciliation Report, click Reconcile, screen below appears: How to Undo a Bank Reconciliation previously done in MYOB Premier If you want to undo the bank reconciliation, go to Actions, click on Undo Reconciliation The screen now appear to remind Backup of MYOB file before proceeding to Undo Reconciliation. Click on Undo Reconciliation to proceed if you want to undo the bank reconciliation.

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