The recorded bank-pair workflow supports exact same-day legs. If money leaves one account on one date and reaches the other on a later date, use the appropriate balanced journal treatment for cross-date clearing.
- Compare each bank’s reported date with the transfer confirmation.
- Confirm that the timing difference is genuine rather than an import or source error.
- Use the supported journal workflow to preserve both dates and account for the movement correctly.
Do not rewrite valid bank dates
Changing a correct source date solely to make the pair eligible would hide the timing difference. That can also make later statement reconciliation harder to explain.
If the bank has actually corrected a date, review that correction through the source workflow before considering the pair again. Otherwise, keep the recorded legs intact and give the accounting reviewer the two dates, amounts, currencies, and supporting reference. The exact-pair preview is intentionally limited and does not replace a general journal review. Preparing a journal also does not move funds or accelerate the receiving bank’s posting. After the appropriate accounting is recorded, reconcile each account using the period and statement evidence that includes its own leg of the transfer.
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