Incorrect balance on Supplier Balance Summary

Rubberman1Hosted
Rubberman1Hosted Member Posts: 4 Novice Member Novice Member

Hello,

My accountant has let me know that all supplier balances are organized, and they should reflect a 0 balance.

However, when I generate the Supplier Balance summary report, it shows -41664.13.When I check the suppliers, they all display a negative balance.

This suggests that payments have been made without entering the corresponding bills.In the Supplier center, I see some 'Bill pmt - Cheque' entries (which are created when we pay against a bill) that are not linked to any bill and are marked as cleared.

I have also verified that I made those payments in the bank statement.

To resolve this, can I create bills for the same amount so that the supplier balance can reach 0? If I do this for all suppliers, will the supplier balance report then show a 0 amount?

What effect will this have on my accounting and reports?Should I proceed with this?

Comments

  • Zappy
    Zappy Accredited Partner Posts: 5,399 Accredited Partner Accredited Partner

    Your creditor balances will be wrong

    So will the expenses / cost of sales

    Go back and allocate the payments properly

    Call me if you get stuck

    Zappy 0407 744 914

  • Kris_Williams
    Kris_Williams Member Posts: 4,200 Reckon Hall of Famer Reckon Hall of Famer

    this will affect your BAS to start with, and Profit & Loss reports. As far as the BAS goes it will result in unclaimed GST.

  • Rubberman1Hosted
    Rubberman1Hosted Member Posts: 4 Novice Member Novice Member

    Can I cancel the cheque payment if it has been cleared and then enter bill and apply the paymnet?

    or Do I just creat a bill to match the payment?

  • Kris_Williams
    Kris_Williams Member Posts: 4,200 Reckon Hall of Famer Reckon Hall of Famer

    You could leave the cheque and allocate to the expense account instead of accounts payable, putting in the correct tax code, this will have the same result with GST to be claimed back

  • Zappy
    Zappy Accredited Partner Posts: 5,399 Accredited Partner Accredited Partner

    @Kris_Williams

    EXCEPT the bill is still there

    Kr

  • Rubberman1Hosted
    Rubberman1Hosted Member Posts: 4 Novice Member Novice Member

    @Zappy Thank you for your response, I will surely connect if required.

  • Zappy
    Zappy Accredited Partner Posts: 5,399 Accredited Partner Accredited Partner

    @Rubberman1Hosted

    Stop looking for shortcuts

    You'll only dig a deeper hole for yourself

    Go back to the backup prior to the mix up and import the statement data off the qif file and allocate it properly this time

    Like I said

    Call me any time

    Kr

  • Rubberman1Hosted
    Rubberman1Hosted Member Posts: 4 Novice Member Novice Member

    @Kris_Williams
    Could you please share an example. You can check my example below :

    I have a Supplier where all bills are paid but there is a Bill payment cheque created on 27/03/2017.
    How could I leave the cheque and allocate to the expense account instead of accounts payable ?
    Should I create a Bill ( But it will always go to accounts payable) ?
    Should I edit the Bill payment cheque, and instead of items, allocate it to expense accounts ?