[moneydance] voiding checks..

[Robert Aries]

Roz Wild wrote:
> Alternatively, leave the transaction unchanged, but then insert a reversing
> transaction for the same category. This way you have an audit trail, but all
> your totals will be okay.
>
> roz
>
>
> On 18/06/2008, Gordon Alley <gordon at gordonalley.com> wrote:
>   
>> If you leave the transaction amount unchanged, you have to be careful in
>> reports to either omit VOID transactions or flag them in some obvious way.
>> Lacking a special VOID action, if it is necessary to retain the details of
>> a
>> voided transaction, one can just edit the transaction to set the quantity
>> to
>> zero, and change the description and/or memo to add "VOIDED" and the
>> amount.
>>
>> On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 1:34 AM, Robert Aries <robandali2 at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>     
>>> Edward Reid wrote:
>>>       
>>>> At 12:45 06/09/08 -0700, Rick Flower wrote:
>>>>
>>>>         
>>>>> How do you void a check in MD?
>>>>>
>>>>>           
>>>> I used to miss Quicken's one-step void, but I'm using so few checks now
>>>> that I probably only do a void a couple of times a year, if that. So
>>>>         
>> just
>>     
>>>> changing the payee to VOID and the amount to zero is plenty easy for
>>>>         
>> me.
>>     
>>>> AFAIK that's all the one-step void in Quicken did.
>>>>
>>>> Edward
>>>>
>>>>         
>>> I also do not void very often but when I do I would like to retain an
>>> audit trail of exactly what I voided. In MSMoney it was possible to
>>> indicate with the 'clear' indicator that the check was voided. The
>>> amount was not changed but it no longer affected the account totals.
>>> This seemed to be a straight forward and simple method.
>>> Robert.
>>>
>>> --
>>>       
>> Gordon B. Alley
>> http://www.gordonalley.com
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A good suggestion that is consistent with the double-entry book keeping 
philosophy of moneydance.