What to do if your check bounces and your bank account has non-sufficient funds

Learn how to enter your bounced checks in QuickBooks Online.

If a check you wrote bounces, you need to take care of the accounting in QuickBooks.

A check bounces when your bank account has non-sufficient funds (NSF) or doesn’t have enough money to cover the check amount. When this happens, your bank charges you an NSF or bank fee. How you plan to handle the fees influences how to handle the accounting. Follow the steps based on how your check bounced.

Scenario 1: Your check bounced, but your bank covered it and charged you a bank fee #

Scenario 2: Your check bounced, your bank didn’t cover it, and the vendor returned the check without redepositing it #

Scenario 3: Your check bounced, your bank didn’t cover it, and the vendor keeps redepositing the check #

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