Creating Bank Credit and Debit Journals

Posting Bank adjustment using Bank Credit and Debit Journals

Written By Grainne Reidy (Super Administrator)

Updated at June 4th, 2026

Introduction

About Bank Journals

A bank journal is a record of banking transactions, ordered by date. They may be necessary to adjust for previous errors or where transactions were posted to the wrong account. Bank Journals come in two types:

  • Bank Debit Journals: These increase the balance of a bank account.  
  • Bank Credit Journals: These decrease the balance of a bank account. 

Accessing Bank Journals

Bank Journals can be created from three places Go to Banks and select either:

  • Actions > Bank Credit Journal or Bank Debit Journal.
     
  • Actions > Credit Journal or Debit Journal.
  • In the Bank Reconciliation screen, go to Create Transactions, and select Bank Credit Journal or Bank Debit Journal. See Manual Bank Reconciliation for more details.

See:

Bank Journals (6A.4) - AIQ Academy

 
 

Creating Bank Credit, and Debit Journals

  1.  To create a Bank Credit or Bank Debit Journal, in the journal screen enter the following:
    • Bank: Select the bank account from the list.
    • Exch Rate: If you select a foreign currency bank account, the latest exchange rate will be displayed. Update as required.
    • Journal Date: Defaults to today's date. Update as required.
    • External Reference: Enter a journal reference. This is mandatory.
    • GL Account Code: Select the GL Account Code from the list.
    • Dimension Tag: If required, select a Dimension Tag.
    • Description: Enter a description for the journal.
    • Journal Amount: Enter the journal amount in supplier currency.
  2. Click Process to post the journal. Clicking Close will close the screen without posting any transaction.