NTS - Frequently Asked Questions



		The Nazarene Treasury System Support

	Setup
	How do I add or delete Bank Accounts, including Checking, Savings, CD, or Money Market Accounts? How do I add, edit or delete Internal Accounts or Categories? Where do I enter in starting balances for my bank and internal accounts? How do I add, edit or delete an Expense Category or Group How do I add, edit or delete Expense Accounts? How do I setup / change budgets? How do I add, edit or delete payees? How do I change my fiscal year Start or End dates? How do I setup checks for printing?

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	Checks
	How do I enter a Check? What is an EFT Check? How do I post a voided check? How do I edit a voided check? How do I print checks? How does the check scheduler work? How can I stop the check scheduler screen from opening every time I open the checkbook? How do I change a regular Check to an E-Check or an E-Check to a Check? A check was lost, voided, or never cashed. How do enter an adjustment entry to put the money back into my bank account? How do I replace or reissue a lost check? What checks do you recommend for printing? I have a credit on a credit card for something we returned. How do I record that on my check? How do I combine duplicate payees? I have a credit card bill but I don't want to pay the entire amount. How do I charge the expense accounts? I am trying to save a check by clicking the SAVE CHANGES button but I cannot click it because it is disabled, what am I doing wrong? We have a credit from NPH which is being applied to the next bill. The new invoice is for a different expense line or department. How do I show the expense on the correct line? I can not type in amounts on a check/deposit. What do I need to do?

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	Deposits
	How do I enter a Deposit? How do I use the Auto-Post Deposit? How do I post a deposit correction? How do I post interest? My deposits are not going into the correct internal account. How can I fix this? How do I remove contribution lines that I don't want on a deposit when I am using the Auto-Post Deposit feature? How do I deposit money received from a loan? How do I deposit a refund check? We received a contribution check that was returned for insufficient funds. How do I record this? I deposited money into the wrong internal account. How do I move the money into the correct account?

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	Adjustments and Misc. Charges
	How do I post a Bank Service Charge or Fee? What is an expense adjustment and how do I use it? What is an income adjustment and how do I use it? I have charged an expense to the wrong expense category or account. How can I move that amount to the correct account without editing multiple transactions? Why is money added to my checking account instead of subtracted when I enter an expense adjustment?

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	Bank and Internal Accounts
	How do I transfer money from one Bank Account to another? How do I transfer money from one Internal Account to another? How do I keep track of designated funds? How do I reconcile my checkbook? How do I print my checkbook register / ledger? How can I print a list of unreconciled bank transactions? What is an Internal Account? What do Internal Accounts represent? Here is an in-depth look at internal accounts. How do I zero out Internal Accounts with negative balances? It is the end of my fiscal year but my In/Out account is not zero. How do I adjust my In/Out account? How do I make last year's ending balance equal this year's starting balance? How do I switch to a different bank account? I am in the Bank/Internal Acct. Lists Setup and I cannot get back to my checkbook. There is a "Warning" message and I do not know how correct the balances. What do I need to do? Can I delete internal categories and/or accounts without affecting prior years?

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	Expense Accounts
	What are Expense Categories, Groups and Accounts and how should I setup the accounts? How many expense accounts should I have? Can I add expense accounts while I am posting a new transaction? How do I print out a list of my expense accounts and/or budgets? How do I print a Budget Planning Report? When trying to move an account, the message "Account cannot be moved to a different group since the Transaction list is not empty" appears. How can I move the account? Can I delete expense categories and/or accounts without affecting prior years?

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	Fiscal Year
	How do I start a new fiscal year? We are paying budgets for last fiscal year but we have already started the new fiscal year. How do I record this in NTS? Our district has changed our fiscal year. How do I adjust for this in NTS? I started a new fiscal year, but the bank and/or internal account starting balances are not the same as the prior year ending balances. How do I correct this problem? Checkbook Error: Some transactions are posted outside of the Fiscal Year Start/End dates How do I change from one fiscal year to another? I have posted transactions into the wrong fiscal year. How do I transfer them to the correct year? There are problems with our books and I want to start the fiscal year over with a blank slate. How do I do that?

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	Other Transactions
	How do I handle an In and Out transaction? How do I post bills that I pay using online banking or automatic drafts? How do I post debit card transactions? How should I handle money from an insurance check? What is the best way track petty cash funds and expenses? When I try to enter a transaction, the date changes after I have set the date. How do I get the date to be correct? How do I edit a transaction that has already been posted? How do I delete a transaction? What is the Transfer entry used for?

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	Miscellaneous
	How can I search through my transactions? Is there an easy way to enter multiple checks in quick succession without having to click the check button each time? What does a flashing red box or amount on my checkbook screen indicate? How do I setup a new loan? How do I keep track of designated funds? How do I use the Transaction Recall feature? Can I view the balance of my Expense or Internal Accounts without going to a report? Is there another way to change a transaction's date other than clicking on the Date? What is the balance alarm and can it be turned off? Can I change the size of the font on the screen? What are the filters on the Checkbook register? How do I print envelopes or mailing labels? Checkbook Error: #XXXX already exists! No payments have been posted to the loan screen since I started the new fiscal year. How do I get my payments to show? I am trying to copy the previous year or default list but it says X # of transactions exist. What do I need to do? The church gives the NYI a check for a set amount of money each month, which they spend as they see fit. They have their own bank account that I do not keep track of. How do I record this in NTS?

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