Hi Cheryl,

There is no way to adjust a past remittance, but an entry through the General Journal as of the original cheque date, will show up in the remittance window, and in the Bank Reconciliation window, so you can reverse a remittance error like this:

Ref:  Cheque 999 remittance written for wrong amount

                Dr          Cr

Bank          9,999.28             (actual amount of cheque

Bank                     10,000    (Amt that chq was recorded at)

CPP Payable                 .72    (additional amount to pay on next chq)

If you wrote the next cheque for more than the amount showing owed, there would have been an expense adjustment automatically created.  You will also have to enter a journal entry to reverse that portion of the next cheque.

I hope that helps, please post back!

Randy

Randy,

Payroll adjustments were added to the program in SA2012.

From What's New 2012

Modify Remittance Transactions with the Proper Audit Trail

No matter where they are recorded, all transactions that affect remittances are now consistently tracked and reported in the Remittances journal and on the remittance report. The transactions in the Remittances journal can also be adjusted and any errors properly corrected.

Sorry, I stand corrected!

I amend my answer to:

- first, open the first remittance, and adjust it to match the actual amount on the first cheque

- Then open the second remittance, and remove any 'payment adjustment' amount.

And if you can... consider using computer cheques, we found that our bank was mis-coding about every 20th handwritten cheque, which made reconciliations extra fun.

Also pay remittances online.  The only drawback is that it makes doing payroll remittances even less exciting.

HI Cheryl S.

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There we go!  That did the trick.  I didn't realize it would be so simple.  Thank you!

I wish I could switch to computer checks and online remittances, but being a church, we've got restrictions on our accounts due to needing multiple signatures.  Just getting to *see* our account online was a nightmare process for me.