Moving Trust Funds from one Bank Account to Another
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In AR Manager, one way to move trust funds to a new bank is through a TDS trust disbursement entry to take funds off of a Client-Matter on the old bank and then to do a TDP trust deposit entry to deposit funds back in to the right bank on the same Client-Matter. (normally that might be done if doing a wire transfer or online bank transaction that was used). Your audit trail on this, is simply the trust ledger report itself showing the trust disbursement out of the old bank and the trust deposit into the new bank. The appropriate bank reconciliation transactions would be created in Bank Reconciliation, and the deposit report would show the TDP trust deposit.
The other option is to cut a check from the “old bank” in Accounts Payable and use a TDS in the distribution line of the Voucher coded to the appropriate Client-Matter. After this is completed, do a TDP to the same Client-Matter using the new bank code (which provides a check trail on the Check Register report, shows funds coming out of the “old bank,” and ensures the TDP would show on the deposit report – in addition to having transactions show on the trust ledger).