The most common issue which occurs in
QuickBooks Desktop is the error of beginning balance. But what will you do if
this error arises? Don’t panic; contact QuickBooks
Error Support to resolve your QuickBooks Error. When you are trying to open
the Begin Reconcilation Window pane then choose the account you want to match or
reconcile because the Beginning Balance displayed is zero. This may occur
due to following reasons listed below:
- When you were trying to set up an account, you
entered wrong balance
- All the transactions which were earlier cleared out
or reconciled then those transactions were either deleted or customized.
- When you wanted to convert the file and by mistake
you modified from the other version of QuickBooks.
Learn how to rectify a zero balance with QuickBooks Error Support
Regenerate the opening balance
If you are the beginner to
reconcile the account then you will be able to recreate the opening balance but
when this feature is not available in the Begin Reconciliation window. QuickBooks Error Support avails you
with error free support. However,
instead of going through long process you can easily create a journal entry
then perform a mini-reconciliation to rectify it.
- To generate a journal entry by
accessing the exact date and amount you want to display in the Begin
Reconciliation window.
- In
the Company menu, then choose Make General
Journal Entries.
- Modify
the date to the rectify statement date of your beginning balance.
- On the
first line, choose the accurate account from the Account drop-down
menu.
- Type
the correct opening balance in the Debit column.
- On the
second line, choose Opening Balance Equity.
- Click
on Save.
- Perform a mini-reconciliation to
rectify the Beginning Balance in the Begin Reconciliation window.
- In
the Banking menu, choose Reconcile.
- Click
on the exact account from the Account drop-down menu.
- Type
the statement date and ending balance which matches your Journal Entry.
- Click
on Continue.
- In
the Deposits and Other Credits tab, choose the respective
Journal Entry.
- Click on Reconcile Now.
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How to rectify edited, deleted, or cleared transactions?
To search for the transactions
which cause the discrepancy, make a run to any of these reports:
Reconcile Discrepancy report
- In the Reports menu, choose Banking
- Then click on Reconciliation Discrepancy.
- Select the suitable Account, and then choose OK.
- You now carry a list of transactions that were modified
since the last reconciliation done. Access this report to recognize the
transaction/s causing the issue.
- If at all you come across any discrepancy, then choose
the transaction date and the Entered/Last Modified transaction, by this
you will come to know about when the changes are done.
Audit Trail report
- In the Reports menu, choose Banking and
then click on Previous Reconciliation.
- Choose the accurate account which is being
reconciled.
- Click on most current date of statement.
- Choose Transactions cleared at the time of
reconciliation and then click on Display.
- Write down the statement and the reconciliation date
of creation.
- In the Reports menu, choose Accountant
& Taxes
- Click on Audit Trail.
- Choose the Account filter for the
account which is to be reconciled.
- Click on Customize Report.
- In the Filters tab, select Account from
the filters.
- In the Account drop-down menu, click
on to exact account.
- In the Display tab. Choose the Date filter
with the from field blank and the To date
set to the statement date.
- Click on OK.
- Apply the Entered/Modified filter
with the From date set to the earlier reconciliation
creation date from the PDF, and the To field as current
date.
Learn how to Undo a previous reconciliation and re perform it
- To take the Back up of QuickBooks company file.
- In the Begin Reconciliation window, choose Undo
Last Reconciliation.
- When message is prompted, click on Continue then select
OK.
- Close the window and reopen the Begin Reconciliation
window.
Do not take into account the errors and allow QuickBooks enter an
offsetting adjustment
Even though you didn’t find a
difference of zero, choose Adjustment to end with the
reconciliation process. QuickBooks will automatically type a Journal Entry in a
special expense account which is called Reconciliation Discrepancies.
You can verify and edit it as required by looking to your Chart of Accounts.
If you need to search for the Journal Entry, you can access:
- In the Edit menu, click on Find.
- In the Advanced tab, select Memo from
the filters.
- Enter the Balance Adjustment, and then choose Find.
Any balance adjustment will be shown on screen.
- To view the earlier Reconciliation report.
- In the Reports menu, then choose Banking
- Click on Previous Reconciliation.
- If any balance adjustment was made, you will be
able to look a General Journal Entry at the top of the report in
the Cleared Transactions tab.
Quite obvious, you made a correct
choice in searching for best accounting support. Yes,
QuickBooks Error Support
is always there to help you out in making your accounting bug free. With this
solution you will be able to continue with QuickBooks. Feel free to contact us
at
QuickBooks Error support or you can also call us on our QuickBooks Helpline
Number and you can also drop us a mail at
support@helpdeskaccounting.com.