Bank reconciliation error

In Business Central bank reconciliation, “Remaining Amount” on a bank account ledger entry is the part of the original entry amount that is not yet matched (applied) to any bank statement line in reconciliations.

In the example:

• Amount = 1,920.00
• Remaining Amount = 101.85

This means 1,818.15 of that 1,920.00 has already been matched in one or more reconciliations, and only 101.85 is still available to be matched.

To understand and fix the situation:

1. Because a bank reconciliation cannot be posted if a line has a non‑zero Difference, all partial matches must be cleared or completed before posting. Any lines that still show a Difference will remain on the Bank Acc. Reconciliation page after posting and must be resolved before the bank account can be fully reconciled.
2. To see where part of the 1,920.00 has already been used, review prior bank reconciliations for that bank account and look for the same document number/description. Those reconciliations will show the earlier matches that reduced the Remaining Amount from 1,920.00 down to 101.85.
3. If the 101.85 is a bank fee that does not yet exist as a ledger entry, create it first and then match it:
   • On Bank Acc. Reconciliation, use Transfer to General Journal to create a general journal line for the missing fee entry.
   • Complete the journal line (for example, set the balancing account) and post it.
   • Refresh or reopen Bank Acc. Reconciliation so the new bank account ledger entry appears.
   • Manually match the bank statement line(s) to the relevant bank account ledger entries (4,000.00, 1,920.00, and the -101.85 fee) using Match Manually.
4. If the 1,920.00 entry has been incorrectly partially matched in a previous reconciliation, unmatch or correct those earlier reconciliations as needed so that the Remaining Amount reflects what should still be outstanding.

Once the 5,818.15 statement line is fully matched and all Difference values are zero, the reconciliation can be posted.

References:

• Reconcile bank accounts
• Reconcile bank accounts – About bank reconciliation
• Reconcile bank accounts – Match bank statement lines with bank account ledger entries manually
• Reconcile bank accounts – To create missing ledger entries to match bank statement lines
• Reconcile bank accounts – Validate your bank reconciliation