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How to Utilize Clearing Accounts in Confido

Post deductions to a clearing account to hold off posting into a trade account as you wait for backup, approval or additional info

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Written by Cassie Crail
Updated over a month ago
  1. First, ensure you have the proper settings enabled

    1. Select Settings on the left hand nav

    2. Select GL Accounting Customization

    3. Scroll to Clearing Settings

      1. Toggle Clearing Enabled to Yes

      2. Input the Clearing Deduction Defaults

        1. Default Description

        2. Default Deduction Item

        3. Default Clearing Object (Credit Memo/Journal Entry)

          1. If Credit Memo is selected - input the Number of Days to Close Period

            1. If provided, after the number of days, clearing for the previous month will be a journal entry instead of a credit memo

      3. Click Save

      4. You can also have specific deduction reasons post to your clearing account by associating them here

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  1. Now, on a deduction line you'll have the option to post to the clearing account instead of selecting a reason and corresponding GL Item

  1. Once selected and the check is pushed to the GL that line will post to the balance sheet clearing account and then display in the Clearing module on the left hand side of Confido

  1. To Clear deductions navigate to the line you want to update and click [->] View

  2. Here you can update the deduction reason and associated gl item, split the deduction or make additional updates

  3. Click Update in GL

  4. This will create either a reversal journal entry or credit memo against the original entry and close it out with the newly selected trade account

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