payment made to credit card before reconciliation

We based on the credit card statement when reconciling an account in QuickBooks, lauraham.

When you hit the Reconcile Now button, QuickBooks will recognize that you want to pay off the credit card balance in a lumpsum amount. It's possible that we haven't created a payment yet within QuickBooks to zero out the balance.

If you haven't yet recorded the payments in your book, you can write a check to offset the amount since you've paid it already.

You can check out these articles to do the complete process:

• Set up, use, and pay credit card accounts. This article will help you record the payment of your credit card balance.
• Fix beginning balance issues in QuickBooks Desktop. You'll learn on how to fix issues as you go along reconciling your accounts.

Let me know if you have more questions with this. Take care!

Thank you for your response and feedback. I went ahead and chose the option to write a check for the balance. Now I have the check on my screen which is from my business checking account.  Since I already hand wrote a check From this account (already cleared) to pay this amount,  this new transaction On my screen will create another check for the same amount. Doubling the payment. How do I get around this?  Thank you 

Let me share additional information on how the credit card reconciliation works, @lauraham.

Before initiating the reconciliation process, we have to make sure that all of your transactions are recorded in QuickBooks. Let's view both of your credit card register and the register of the account you use in making the payments. Once open, verify that no credit card payments are recorded on it. This is to ensure that you'll not incur any duplicate records.

If it is not recorded at all, you can proceed with writing a check. This will let your payments show up in your credit card register along with your charges and you can reconcile the account normally.

Here's a screenshot for your reference:

On the reconciliation page, make sure to input the correct dates to include the transactions to reconcile. I'm adding this article to help you with the reconciliation process: Reconcile in QuickBooks Desktop.

Keep me posted if you have additional questions about credits. I'm still here to help you further. Just add a comment below or mention my name. Wishing you and your business continued success!

I have the same problem, the Visa gets paid automatically and I reconciled, by the end of the reconciliation, it ask to write a check or save to pay later. it shows now two payments in my Visa account, how to remove the second payment, the auto pay cleared the bank. 

When it ask me by the end of the reconciliation to write a check or a bill for later, what should I do?   

Hi there, MF25.

We'll have to use your bank statement to verify if the second payment is a valid transaction. If the transaction isn't listed, you can delete it. 

We'll have to use your bank statement to verify if the second payment is a valid transaction. If the transaction isn't listed, you can delete it. Here's how:

1. From the Banking menu, select Bank Feeds.
2. Click Bank Feeds Center.
3. Locate the transaction you want to delete.
4. Click View.
5. Hit Delete.

If two payments are listed on your bank statement, I'd suggest reaching out to your accountant so they can guide you on the best way to keep track of the transactions.

To ensure the accounts are correct, you can reconcile them. Here's an article as your guide: Reconcile an account.

I'll be around whenever you need help with reconciling the transactions.