Miscellaneous Tab of the Bank Reconciliation Form
Use the Miscellaneous tab to enter miscellaneous bank transactions on the statement, such as interest amounts (or other credits) and service charges (or other debits), that are not linked to a bank code.
If you enter miscellaneous charges via journal entries, you must add those charges manually to Bank Statement Reconciliation on this tab.
Contents
| Field | Description |
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| Bank reconciliation search | Use the field next to the form title to search for and select an existing bank reconciliation to view or edit. Click the filter drop-down arrow
on the left side of the search field, and select one of the following search types:
For information about creating and using searches, see the Search Vantagepoint help topics. |
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Use these arrow icons to scroll through the billing labor rate tables and open a different record on the form. The numbers show you which record you are viewing out of the total number of records in the search results. |
| + New Bank Reconciliation | Click this option to create a new bank reconciliation. |
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Click the
Switch to List View icon to switch to the list view of the form. In this view, fields are displayed in columns in one grid on the form rather than on separate tabs. Table name records are displayed in each row in the grid. This makes it easy to compare and update multiple records at one time because you do not have to open individual records. You can add, remove, or change the order of the columns in the grid by clicking
to the right of the grid. This opens the List View Settings dialog box.
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For information about selecting columns, see Select Columns for a Grid. For more information and instructions on how to use list view, see Use the List View. |
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After you have switched to list view, click the Switch to Detailed View icon to switch back to the detail view of the form. Detail view is the default view that displays when you open a form for the first time; thereafter, the view that was active when you closed the application will display when you open. The detail view is the format that is described in help topics in the Help system. |
| <Bank Name and Code> - <Statement Date> (<Statement Number>), Fiscal Period, <Active Company> | These fields display the bank name, bank code, and statement date for the bank reconciliation, followed by the fiscal period in which the bank statement was created. If Vantagepoint is set up for multiple companies, the name of the active company also displays. |
| Import Transactions | Click this option to import new bank transactions to the bank reconciliation. This option only appears if you select the Import Enabled check box from the Options tab of the Banks form in . |
Other Actions/Actions
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If you have the Import function enabled, this appears as
Other Actions. Otherwise, it displays as
Actions. Choose an option from the drop-down list:
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Miscellaneous Grid
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Other Actions
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Click the drop-down arrow on a grid header to complete any of the following actions:
Not all options are available on all grids. |
| Date | Specify the date of the charge. |
| Description | Enter the description of the charge. |
| Amount | Enter positive amounts to account for interest or other credits. Enter negative amounts to account for service charges or other debits.
For example, if you have a $60.00 service charge (entered as -60.00) and a $50.00 interest amount (entered as 50.00), $10.00 is subtracted from the opening balance when accounting for these items in calculating the closing balance. When you enter a miscellaneous amount, it is added to the Miscellaneous line of the Cleared Items summary. |
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This icon displays at the end of the row when you click or hover over a grid row. Click the icon to select one of these actions for that row:
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| + Add Row | Click this option and enter a date, description, and amount to create a new miscellaneous transaction entry. Press ENTER or click outside the row to add the new entry to the grid. |
on the left side of the search field, and select one of the following search types:
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to the right of the grid. This opens the List View Settings dialog box.
to filter the grid contents based on column values. For information about how the filter works, see