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Do Manual Journals Affect Aging Reports?
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I have a discrepancy between the balance sheet total AR balance (of all accounts with account type Accounts Receivable) and the Aging A/R standard report.
The value of the discrepancy is equal to the value of journals posted to the trade debtors accounts receivable account.
- Why would that be the case?
Shouldn't all entries, including journal entries, be included in the aged A/R report balance?
2. If journal entries are not included in the aged A/R report, then why it is necessary to allocate fictitious opening balance customers against the opening trial balance accounts receivable account?
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