Cheques
Cheques have their own vouchers: a Cheque receipt for a cheque you receive from a customer, and a Cheque payment for a cheque you write to a vendor. After saving, you follow each cheque in Manage incoming cheques or Manage outgoing cheques, and the ☰ menu on the cheque row records what happens to it: cashed, endorsed, returned, or given back.
| Type | Recorded in | Followed up in |
|---|
| Incoming cheque (from a customer) | Cheque receipt | Banking → Manage incoming cheques |
| Outgoing cheque (to a vendor) | Cheque payment | Banking → Manage outgoing cheques |
💡 On both cheque management screens, the New button opens the cheque voucher directly.
Life of an incoming cheque
- Due / Not cashed: you recorded it in a cheque receipt.
- Then either Cashed (deposited in the bank) or Endorsed (passed to a vendor or another customer).
- If the bank returns it: Returned.
- If you give it back to its owner: Returned to issuer.
Cheque statuses
| Status | Meaning |
|---|
| Due | Its due date has arrived — deposit or follow it up |
| Not cashed | Recorded; its date hasn't come yet |
| Cashed | Cashed; the money is in the bank (or out of it, for an outgoing cheque) |
| Endorsed | A customer cheque you passed to a vendor or another customer |
| Endorsed from customer | Shown in outgoing cheques: a customer cheque you endorsed to a vendor |
| Endorsed and cashed | The endorsed cheque was cashed by the vendor |
| Returned | The bank returned (bounced) it |
| Returned to issuer | You gave the bounced cheque back; the customer owes the amount again |
Cheque accounts
| Account | Used for |
|---|
| 1022 Incoming cheques | Customer cheques not cashed yet (default in a cheque receipt) |
| 1023 Returned incoming cheques | Customer cheques that bounced |
| 1031 Outgoing cheques | Your cheques to vendors not cashed yet (default in a cheque payment) |
| 1032 Returned outgoing cheques | Your cheques that bounced |
| 2010 / 2012 | Returned cheques under collection (outgoing / incoming) |
ℹ The Change cheque status button inside a voucher changes the status only, with no entry. To record what happened in the accounts, use the ☰ menu commands.
ℹ The home page has an Outgoing cheques box listing cheques due soon, so you can make sure the bank balance is ready.