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It’s not uncommon for businesses to hold money paid by customers for a short period of time before depositing that money into their bank account. If this sounds familiar, you’ll be glad to hear that Quickbooks offers a feature specifically for this purpose. Known as Undeposited Funds, it’s designed to hold revenue generated by your business — money paid by customers or clients — until you are ready to deposit it into your business’s bank account. To learn more about Undeposited Funds in Quickbooks and how to use it, keep reading.

Overview of Undeposited Funds

In Quickbooks Desktop, Undeposited Funds is an asset account that holds money paid to your business for a temporary period. When a customer purchases a product or service from your business, you can place his or her payment in an Undeposited Funds account. And when you are ready, you can then move that payment to your business’s bank account.

All Payments Are Placed in Undeposited Funds Account By Default

It’s important to note that all payments are automatically placed in an Undeposited Funds by default. Unless you modify your settings in Quickbooks, all payments made to your business will go into an Undeposited Funds account. The good news is that you can change this by performing a few simple steps (see below).

How to Enable or Disable Undeposited Funds

Of course, you can toggle on and off the Undeposited Funds feature in your Quickbooks account. This is done by logging into Quickbooks and choosing Edit > Preferences > Payments > Company Preferences. From here, you should see an option titled “Use Undeposited Funds as a default deposit to account.” To enable Undeposited Funds as the default deposit to account, click the box next to this option so that it places a check mark in it. To disable Undeposited Funds as the default deposit to account, remove the check mark from this box.

Keep in mind that if you disable Undeposited Funds as the default deposit to account in Quickbooks, you’ll have to choose a deposit to account whenever your business receives a payment or whenever you enter sales receipts. You’ll have the option to specify your deposit to account in both situations. However, it’s important that you choose the right bank or financial account in which to deposit funds. Without an Undeposited Funds account, payments will go directly into your specified bank or financial account.

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