Audit Adjustments

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Hi.

I would Like to post our audit adjustments. Is there anything special about it? Can I do all posting in General Journal?

Thank you in advance!

C.

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    christine153 said:
    Is there anything special about it?

    Be aware of these potential issues:

    Linked accounts - you will need more information, such as the details of amounts to credit to which invoices to which customers / employees / vendors / inventory items.

    Reversing entries - You will need to record the reverse of the entry at the beginning of the following fiscal year, since these are only to accrue amounts, not adjust them.

    Presentation-only entries - these are for statement or stakeholder presentation - if you have your GST recorded as a payable, for instance, there may be a stakeholder that wants to see all government amounts in detail on financial statements instead of lumped together with payables.

    Wrong entries - if you can't make sense of it, there is always some possibility that it just doesn't make sense.

    christine153 said:
    Can I do all posting in General Journal?

    For most entries, yes.  The exception is when there are entries to linked accounts.  

    My experience has been that generally ( no pun intended ), it's best to only use the G/L for entries that can't be put in other modules.  (loan payments, accruals, depreciation, equity changes, corporation income tax, etc.)  Inevitably the purchaser will ask how much business we've done with vendor X, and if it's a mish-mash of G/L entries of handwritten cheques, one-time customer payments, and credit cards entered as G/L transactions, it'll be an entertaining afternoon with Excel autofilters and a yellow pad, instead of a few mouse clicks.

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    christine153 said:
    Is there anything special about it?

    Be aware of these potential issues:

    Linked accounts - you will need more information, such as the details of amounts to credit to which invoices to which customers / employees / vendors / inventory items.

    Reversing entries - You will need to record the reverse of the entry at the beginning of the following fiscal year, since these are only to accrue amounts, not adjust them.

    Presentation-only entries - these are for statement or stakeholder presentation - if you have your GST recorded as a payable, for instance, there may be a stakeholder that wants to see all government amounts in detail on financial statements instead of lumped together with payables.

    Wrong entries - if you can't make sense of it, there is always some possibility that it just doesn't make sense.

    christine153 said:
    Can I do all posting in General Journal?

    For most entries, yes.  The exception is when there are entries to linked accounts.  

    My experience has been that generally ( no pun intended ), it's best to only use the G/L for entries that can't be put in other modules.  (loan payments, accruals, depreciation, equity changes, corporation income tax, etc.)  Inevitably the purchaser will ask how much business we've done with vendor X, and if it's a mish-mash of G/L entries of handwritten cheques, one-time customer payments, and credit cards entered as G/L transactions, it'll be an entertaining afternoon with Excel autofilters and a yellow pad, instead of a few mouse clicks.

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