Advanced Amount Matching
Tolerances
Reconciliation can still be automated when the transaction amount is unclear or might have a variance. For example, due to foreign exchange conversion, blended fees such as interchange, or other types of unpredictability.
Reconciling 1 Transaction to 1 Expected Payment
An amount range can be set by providing the amount_lower_bound
and amount_upper_bound
in the reconciliation_rule_variable
array.
Transactions and Expected Payments will automatically reconcile when the Transaction amount is within the Expected Payment amount range.
When reconciling with a rule:
- Transaction will be marked as reconciled (
reconciled
=true
). - Expected Payment will be marked as reconciled (
status
=reconciled
). - Transaction Line Item that link the two items will have an amount equal to the Transaction amount.
Example
- Your reconciliation rule attempts to reconcile:
- Transaction with amount = $100
- Expected Payment with amount range = $80-$100 (inclusive), i.e., the
amount_lower_bound
=$80, and `amount_upper_bound=$100.
- Result:
- Transaction
reconciled
=true
. - Expected Payment
status
=reconciled
. - Transaction Line Item linking the objects has
amount
= $100.
- Transaction
Reconciling 1 Transaction to Many Expected Payments
A reconciliation rule can be created with an amount_variance_type
of fixed
or percentage
.
- When the
amount_variance_type
isfixed
theamount_variance_threshold
is specified in the smallest unit of the currency (e.g., cents for USD). To set a $5 variance in USD, you would use 500 for theamount_variance_threshold
. - When the
amount_variance_type
ispercentage
theamount_variance_threshold
is specified in percent points. To set a 10% variance, you would use 10 for theamount_variance_threshold
.
When reconciling with a rule with amount variance:
- Transaction will remain unreconciled (
reconciled
=false
). - Expected Payments will be marked as reconciled (
status
=reconciled
). - Transaction Line Items that link the two items will have an amount equal to the Expected Payment amount.
In the case of 1 Transaction to Many Expected Payments, the Transaction remains unreconciled until 1 or more Expected Payments are reconciled to close the variance in amount between the Transaction and the sum of the Expected Payment amount. This aids teams in being able to account for and record the variance amount(s) before fully reconciling the transaction.
Example
- Your reconciliation rule has:
amount_variance_type
=percentage
amount_variance_threshold
= 1.- This means it will reconcile if the sum of the Expected Payment amount is between 99% and 101% of the Transaction amount.
- Your reconciliation rule attempts to reconcile:
- Transaction with amount = $100
- 2 Expected Payments with amounts = $50 and $51
- Result:
- Transaction
reconciled
=false
, with a net variance of $1 in reconciled amount. - Both Expected Payments have
status
=reconciled
. - Transaction Line Items have amounts = $50 and $51, respectively.
- Transaction
Net Amount
Coming soon: Reconciling using the net amount of credits and debits.
Updated 3 months ago