Posting One Check Between Two Customers

Splitting bwt the 2 customers using the same check number will look like 2 checks on the deposit slip but I doubt the bank will even notice. Most banks tally up the physical checks and compare it against the total on the deposit slip. I would not worry about it.

When I went to the bank today, I asked the teller if this situation would be a problem and he said it would. Then he pauased and asked the teller next to him and she said the same thing. So, I'm back to my original question.

I find that a lazy answer on their part. Many of my client's deposit slips are so illegible that the bank does not even read them any more. They Proof out using the actual checks and then check the total on the deposit slip.

I would suggest you test the answer at your bank. Go with a manually prepared deposit slip just in case what they refuse to accept the QB one. Don't point out the double entry. Just present it and see what happens.

If you really want to present the bank with a correct deposit slip produced by QB here's one way to do it:

-Receive Payment for Cust#1 for the entire amount

-Create Clearing bank account

-Do 2 journal entries: a) Debit A/R Cust#1 & Credit Clearing account b) Debit Clearing account & Credit A/R Cust#2 These leave an Overpayment on Cust#1 and an unapplied payment on Cust#2

-Receive Payment for Cust#1 and click on Apply Discount & Credits. This leaves a zero check and removes the overpayment.

-Receive Payment for Cust#2 and click on Apply Discount & Credits. This leave a zero check and removes the unpaid invoices.

One caveat - since the payment for cust#2 was done through JE instead of the Customer module, the invoice is cleared but the transactions DO NOT show up on the customer transaction reports. That's one reason why I don't like this method. It does work. Its a lot more steps. Preparing a manual deposit slip for these rare cases (if you find you bank refuses the QB one) is a much faster way of accomplishing this.

It's fairly common here to get one check for two invoices, even two separate customers.

I draw a circle around the two items on the deposit slip and write "1 item."

What's the bank going to do? Reject the deposit? Especially when you tell them you'll look for a more "customer friendly" institution?

The real problem is they count the number of checks and it has to match the number of items on the deposit slip.

Why don't you just make one of the customers into a job of the other, then you can split the check between the two jobs?

Gary

why don't you do a separate deposit of these "two" checks, then throw away the QB deposit slip and write one by hand? We can still do things by hand, can't we? ;)

"Gil Faver" >would not sit well with the teller. Now we could make corrections to the

Uh, no.

You mean like unlock the car door when the remote's battery fails?

No, 'fraid not.

Of course not. We never do that any more so the use it or lose it has happened and the ability has atrophied away.

I figured out what to do. I split the payment as if it was two checks. Then printed a deposit slip that had two entires even though it was one check. Then I made the deposit an at ATM.

Keep us posted as to whether or not the bank bounces the deposit slip back at you. Doing the deposit at the ATM only means that you bypassed the stupid bank clerk. Someone still has to proof the deposits tonight.

I have never had a deposit bounce for a format infraction. Where in the world are you all banking?

I don't think it's such a hot idea to ask a banker or a government employee if the way you are doing things works for them. If I did, I'd deserve the predictable answer.

I print the deposit slip with multiple lines when a check has been split. Yes, the count is off but the total agrees. Clerks add the checks and verify the balance. If I ever got any grief over it, I'd go up the line of authority and finally out the door with my account. They really don't want that to happen.

Be brave, and obnoxious when necessary.

Exactly!