User Support Forum

Okay - here is another one!!!

We have a separate bank account to receive our online contributions. We began using this account on November 1st. That is the only thing that gets deposited into the account. I then manually enter the person's contribution. All donated checks and cash have gone into our main checking account each week.

Here is the question - how do I transfer the amount from the Online Contributions bank account to the main checking account without it reflecting a double $ amount (since I have already posted the manually entered online contributions)?

Something tells me I have not done this properly.

When you entered and posted these contributions, which bank account did they go into? Where is the money showing in the PowerChurch program?

From our main banking account.

kara wrote:From our main banking account.

OK ... are these online Contributions entries coming in through Vanco Services ?? Do you have that special bank account setup in Powerchurch ?? Is there a separate Contribution Fund used to track these contributions?

If the money is showing up in the main checking account, it sounds like the Contribution Fund you're using is setup to deposit directly into the main account.

No, we use Blue Pay and those deposits come into a separate bank account.

kara wrote:No, we use Blue Pay and those deposits come into a separate bank account.

When you enter these deposits, are you using a Contribution Fund setup to show the income into the regular checking account, or is there a special Contribution Fund setup pointing to the online pay checking account ??

I have been entering the contributions using the same setup as the checks/cash into the regular checking account.

It sounds like your online giving is being deposited into another checking account and I assume you move the money from this account to your regular checking account at some point.

If this is how you are setup, you will need two different contributions funds. One for the amounts received online and one received in person.

Example:

100 - Tithes - Debit regular checking
101 - Tithes [Online] - Debit the online checking account.

When you transfer the money from the online checking account to you regular checking, you will credit the online checking and debit the regular checking. This should keep your bank reconciliation in balance.

Awesome - I was thinking it would be something like that, but didn't want to chance it. Thanks so much!