How to fix a 50 cent bank error

[Anita Graves]

Maf.
Thank you.  I am creating a new account: Income:Other Income:Bank Error - with an explanation in the transaction line. And I am moving the 50 cents out of my cash on hand and into this account.   Is that what you meant?
Anita

> On 25 Apr 2017, at 10:24 AM, Maf. King <maf at chilwell.net> wrote:
> 
> On Tuesday, 25 April 2017 07:48:44 BST Anita Graves wrote:
>> Hello all,
>> 
>> I have a 50 cent error in my cash account.  It happened because the bank
>> gave me credit for an extra 50 cents in a deposit I made.  The bank is not
>> interested in fixing this error because it is old, and at the same time I
>> do not want to carry it forward as cash on hand.  I am preparing to close
>> the books for the fiscal year.
>> 
>> Can I open a new account under the checking account ‘bank error’ and put it
>> there?
>> 
>> What else could I do?
>> 
> 
> Hi Anita,
> 
> I would suggest that the account you need to create is Income:BankError, since 
> the extra money is presumably already showing in the bank account, and you 
> need a transfer account for it?
> 
> I might use Income:OtherINcome as a transfer account (with plenty of notes in 
> the transaction), to avoid creating a (probably) single-use account in the 
> tree. 
> 
> HTH,
> Maf.
> 
> 
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