Bank Account = Direct Posting

Business Central/NAV User Forum
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Has anyone ever experienced a situation where a client wants the G/L account tied their bank account posting group to have direct posting? I’ve mentioned Microsoft’s best practice around this but it seems they’re adamant on having it.

I was thinking if this is the case, I would recommend they should at all times when using the General Ledger entries, making sure they have Account Type = Bank Account. I would even go as far as creating a template solely for that so they don’t make the mistake of doing the opposite.

Is my thinking even making sense or is there more to it? I’m asking a lot of questions but being new to the BC space I try to figure things out on my own and with the documentation + asking here to get a full picture. It won’t be like this always so do bare with me guys.

edit: Instead of general journals, payment journals would be a better option since its specialized for AP for example.

Best,

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If your best practice advice was to turn OFF Direct Posting, I would agree. They have the chance of adding entries to the account that did not flow through the Bank sub-ledger causing a mismatch. If the client chooses to go a different direction, the two things you can do are set the journals to default Bank Account as the balancing account AND teach them how to correct mistakes (because they will happen).

Also, they can toggle Direct Posting on and off, so when they need to make an adjustment they can without a continual risk of a mistaken transaction.