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Cleared, bounced and stopped

A printed cheque is Outstanding until the bank pays it. When your statement shows what happened, note it in the app. Every plan has this.

What each status means

Outstanding: Printed, and the bank hasn't paid it yet. After 6 months it is shown as out of date.
Cleared: The bank paid it.
Bounced: The bank returned it unpaid. You can present it again later or replace it.
Payment stopped: You asked the bank not to pay it.
Cancelled: You no longer want it, for example it was never handed over.

Set the bank status

In Cheques › Printed, select one or more cheques (or open one cheque's details).
Press Bank status ▾ and choose what happened.

The Bank status menu: Cleared, Bounced, Stop payment, Cancel cheque, Presented again, Replace with a new cheque and Undo last change

The app asks for the date, and for a bounced, stopped or cancelled cheque, the reason:

Mark as cleared: the date the bank paid the cheque — The day the bank paid it, from your statement.

Mark as bounced: the date and the reason — The day the bank returned it.
The bank's reason. It appears in the cheque's history and in reports.

Replace a bounced or stopped cheque

Choose Replace with a new cheque…. Write cheque opens with the same details, dated today – check every value before printing. When it prints, the two cheques are linked in their histories. If the bank presents a bounced cheque again, choose Presented again.

Made a mistake?

Undo last change takes back the last status you set on the selected cheques.

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