Negative Balances

miskysbabe
miskysbabe Registered Posts: 25 Regular contributor ⭐
in General accounting discussion
I have to go through and code up the negative balances on the debtors and creditors. Does anyone have any advice on this?

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  • T.C.
    T.C. Registered, Tutor Posts: 1,448 Beyond epic contributor 🧙‍♂️
    Why would you have negative balances?
  • Gem7321
    Gem7321 Registered Posts: 1,438 Beyond epic contributor 🧙‍♂️
    Do you pay/are you paid on proforma? This would create negative balances but I'm not sure what you mean by 'code up'
  • Hasan.Ahmet
    Hasan.Ahmet Registered Posts: 87 Regular contributor ⭐
    Negative balances can occur in debtors or creditors accounts for example if payments are made in advance or on account or duplicated payments made/received.
    These balances would make no difference as far as the control accounts are concerned and it is the balances of the control accounts that go into balance sheet.
    If the sums are material for balance sheet then you would do a journal to account for the negative balances by increasing debtors and/or creditors accordingly.
    Best regards

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