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LESSON 6 – BUILDING BLOCKS FOR REPORTING- BEST PRACTICE BANK FEED WORKFLOWS
The entry will expand and you’ll see the transaction details, but
you need to categorize this expense. It’s currently marked as
an Uncategorized because the bank wouldn’t know how to
categorize it.
3. Select the first drop-down list and scroll down to select Advertising
4. Now select Add to commit this to QuickBooks Online
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LESSON 6 – BUILDING BLOCKS FOR REPORTING- BEST PRACTICE BANK FEED WORKFLOWS
Always match first and check all bank and credit card transactions
to make sure the transaction is not hidden someplace else
Once this has been confirmed, add is the second option
Pro Advice:
The client should have followed correct sales workflow, which is:
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LESSON 6 – BUILDING BLOCKS FOR REPORTING- BEST PRACTICE BANK FEED WORKFLOWS
Why do I still have transactions in the bank feed that do not match my transactions in
QuickBooks Online?
The client most likely typed a date incorrectly in the original
QuickBooks Online transaction and the transactions are not getting
automatically found or recognized in the bank feed.
Pro Advice:
Select Find match to locate the transaction to use.
Do I need to manually enter prior period transactions, expenses, and deposits if I have not
used QuickBooks before?
It’s time-consuming to enter a year’s worth of historical checks and
deposits using the transaction forms.
Pro Advice:
The simple way to recreate prior period accounting data for your
client’s QuickBooks file is to:
Lesson check
Craig calls with a problem. He sees a duplicate transaction for some job materials he
bought at Hicks Hardware.
What might have caused this?
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LESSON 6 – BUILDING BLOCKS FOR REPORTING- BEST PRACTICE BANK FEED WORKFLOWS
That’s right. By adding the transaction from his bank feed instead of
matching it to an existing transaction, he created identical
transactions for the same amount.
Pro Advice: