Manual Adjustments in Trust Account

Manual Adjustments in Trust Account

Examples of why we need to occasionally use a Manual adjustment could be for bank fees incorrectly deducted from your trust account that will be repaid to your account at a later date, or for deposits that appear in your account that you do not have information for eg. deposit paid prior to you being given a contract, or unknown amounts. These amounts are not related to a current contract or listing.
Warning
NEVER use a manual adjustment for a deposit or payment in relation to a contract or Listing. You must enter deposits and payments against that listing.

Creating a Manual Adjustment

  1. A manual adjustment can only be created from within the current Bank Reconciliation screen
  2. After entering the Period Start and Period End and the Statement Balance at Period End
  3. Click Save
Now you can see the Manual Adjustment button the top right side of the screen (see screenshot below)
  1. Click on Manual Adjustment and then fill in the details on the pop up screen
  2. Carefully select Deposit or Payment
  1. Enter the Transaction Date that appeared on your bank statement
  2. Enter the Amount Enter the Reference from your bank statement
  3. Enter any Notes that may help you identify this amount at a later date (See example below)

  1. That deposit or payment will now show in your bank reconciliation ready to be ticked off
Alert
The adjustment will sit in the Unresolved Manual Adjustments section above the Bank Reconciliations until such time that you can identify which listing a deposit relates to or when the money is returned to the trust bank account if it was a bank fee (payment)

Resolving a Manual Adjustment

A manual adjustment can be resolved 2 ways
Warning
Do not create a new Manual adjustment if you are resolving an existing item

Option 1

The funds relate to a listing If the Deposit or Payment relates to a Listing/Contract.
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E.g. is a deposit for property purchase that you now have details for or Vendor Paid Advertising
  1. Navigate to that Listing > Trust Accounts Tab
  1. In the account for the relevant party you will see the Resolve Adjustment button

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This will only show if there is an adjustment waiting to be resolved in that trust account
  1. Fill in the details on the screen making sure to enter the correct date that showed on your bank statement

Option 2

The funds are repaid to the trust and the money does not relate to a listing.
  1. Go to Finances > Reconciliations > Unresolved Manual Adjustments
  2. Click on the Wand Icon on the line that relates to the adjustment you are resolving
  1. Enter the date from your bank statement and any further notes
  1. This will create the reverse transaction that will appear in your reconciliation to tick off