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The Trust Bank Reconciliations are now part of the Trust menu rather than the Accounting menu.
Creating a New Trust Reconciliation
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Important: there are three requirements that need to be met in order to open a new reconciliation:
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To create a new trust reconciliation go to Trust > Bank Reconciliations > Create ReconciliationNote you . You are also able to select 
from the Trust bank reconciliation list. The Reconciliations Lastly, the most recent bank reconciliations can also be accessed from the Trust Admin Bank Accounts.
Enter the details as required - Note Bank Reconciliation for Trust accounts cannot span a month (this is to support monthly reporting).
Check and match as per the processes for the Bank Reconciliations as per this section of the user guide.
When the statement reconciles a 
will appear at the top right (this indicates you balance) and clicking this will take you through to the
If it does not reconcile you may need to make adjustmentsFIll in the details of the bank reconciliation on the Create Reconciliation screen
Trust Account Choose the Account you want to reconcile.
Statement/ref no. This is a reference that you can use to help you identify this reconciliation.
Statement date The date you are reconciling up to
Statement format You can do either an electronic bank reconciliation which requires you to upload a file from your internet banking into Actionstep or use a printed bank statement to reconcile against. The Electronic statement will allow Actionstep to automatically reconcile entries in the file uploaded to entries entered into Actionstep based on the transaction date and amount. The Manual process gives you a list of transactions in the trust account in Actionstep and you can mark each as complete when you find the matching entry on your statement.
Closing Balance This is the bank account balance as at the end statement date.
Processing your Trust Reconciliation
If you are completing a manual bank reconciliation you will be presented with a list of trust transactions as they have been entered into Actionstep. Click on the box in the "Matched" column to show that that item matches an entry in your bank statement.Any unmatched items will be considered unreconciled.
Up the top of the bank reconciliation will be a grey button which will tell you how much your reconciliation is currently out by. As you match off item in the list this figure will change.
When the statement reconciles a the button will change to a green button. Clicking this will take you through to the confirmation screen.
Making adjustments to your Trust Bank Reconciliation
Under this version of Trust AccountingIf you have entries that are appearing in your bank statement but are not in Actionstep, you are able to make adjustments to balance your Bank Reconciliation.
When your Reconciliation is not balances the button at the top right shows the value by which it is out of balance. 
Clicking on the value Click the link below the "Out by..." button to enter in a new adjustment.
This will take you through to the adjustments screen below.
This screen will also populate automatically with any transactions not selected in the reconciliation - giving the ability to analyze and comment on the outstanding.
For any adjustments - add as required (using a negative for a withdrawal).
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For a completed reconciliation (in blue), to open for edit check the box beside the reconciliation and the ability to "Unlock" will come up in the top bar. Note: if there is already an open reconciliation for that account you will need to delete it first. The system only allows one reconciliation open at anytime for each account. To delete a reconciliation it would need to be in an editable state first.
When inside the Bank Reconciliation the delete button is also visible.
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The Trust Bank Reconciliation Report can be found under the Reports > Trust.
The ability to report on an individual Reconciliation (where the default is the last complete reconciliation), or a combined monthly reconciliation is available. The combined Month
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The "Combined reconciliations by month" option allows those people who reconcile multiple times during a month to have one report which gives a month together.