How to reconcile GoCardless payments that were not collected via GoCardless for Xero
If, for any reason, you decide to take payments through your GoCardless dashboard, but outside of GoCardless for Xero, these will not be automatically reconciled in Xero for you. In this article explains the best way to reconcile these manually.
If you have an outstanding invoice that you’d like to record the payment against:
In the receive a payment section at the bottom of the invoice in Xero you would need to input the following:
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Amount paid |
The amount of the payment taken |
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Date paid |
The charge date of the payment |
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Paid to |
Here you should select the interim reconciliation Direct Debit account |
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Reference |
You can choose your own reference, payments taken through GoCardless for Xero are given 'Direct Debit payment [payment ID]' for their references |
The payout for the payment will be automatically transferred from the interim reconciliation Direct Debit account to your payout bank account on the date the funds are sent to your account.
If you do not have an outstanding invoice to record the payment against:
If you do not have an outstanding invoice to record the payment against, you can create an invoice first and then allocate the payment. Please follow the steps in this article to create the invoice, and then use the guide above to record the payment.
The payout for the payment will be automatically transferred from the interim reconciliation Direct Debit account to your payout bank account on the date the funds are sent to your account.