The Stale Cheques/Instruments report provides the details of Bank-wise Total Amount and Count of Stale Cheques/Instruments. To filter the transactions in this report, by default 3 months has been set as Validity Period for Cheques/Instruments. The Stale Cheques/Instruments report displays the instruments for which the Β Validity Period has been exceeded, by comparing Bank Date with Instrument Date of the transactions.
Note: As per RBI guidelines, w.e.f. April 1, 2012, the validity period for Cheques, Demand Drafts, Pay Orders and Banker's Cheques will be 3 months from the date of issue of the instrument.
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Button options in Stale Cheques/Instruments report
Go to Gateway of Tally > Audit & Compliance > Audit & Analysis > Other Analysis > Stale Cheques/Instruments .
Note: This report can also be used to list the transactions which are not cleared with in theΒ specified Validity Period .
Auditor can drill down from the above report to view Stale Cheques/Instruments Transactions. Select a Bank and press Enter .
The above report displays the details of the Stale Cheque/Instrument transactions along with Voucher Type, Voucher Number, Transaction Value, Instrument Date, Bank Date, Age by Days, Audit Status and Audit Note.
In Stale Cheques/Instruments report a facility has been provided to change the Validity Period. To change the validity period click on F6 : Validity Period or press F6 . The Validity Period screen is displayed as shown below:
You can define Validity Period as Months or Days. When the period selected is Months, validity is restricted to 12 and 365 for Days.
Note: The altered Validity Period for Stale Cheques will be retained till you navigate to Audit & Analysis dashboard. After navigating out of Audit & Analysis dashboard the Validity Period will again get set to the Default Period 3 months.
β F1 : Condense d: Click F1 : Condensed or press Alt+F1 to view the condensed Stale Cheques/Instruments report.
β F2: Period : Click F2 : Period or press F2 to change the selected period.
β F5: Reconcile : Click F5: Reconcile or press F5 to reconcile the Cheques/Instruments by specify the Bank Date if the vouchers are not reconciled.
β F8: Show Ledger : Click F8 : Show Ledger or press F8 to display the default Ledger Vouchers report for the selected Bank along with the details of the Opening Balance , Current Total and Closing Balance .
β F9 : Audit : Click F9 : Audit or press Alt+F9 to audit the selected Vouchers.
Note: The F9 : Audit button will be highlighted when one or more Vouchers are selected for auditing using Spacebar .
β Ctrl+F10: Remove Audit : Click Ctrl+F10 : Remove Audit or press Ctrl+F10 to change the Audit Status for the selected Vouchers as Unaudited (blank).
β S : Set Manual Sampling : Click S : Set Manual Sampling or press Alt+S to mark the selected Vouchers (using spacebar) as sampled. The manual sampling method will get applied to all such Vouchers and they will appear under the sampled column on the dashboard.
β D : Delete Manual Sampling : Click D : Delete Manual Sampling or press Alt+D to delete the Manual sampling method already applied for the selected Vouchers (using the spacebar).
β W : Working Not e: Click W : Working Note or press Alt+W to specify the working note details at Company or Group or Ledger level. The details provided in working note will be captured in Audit Working Paper along Β with the details of User Name, Working Note Date and Time, Status, Note and so on.
β Ctrl+W: Audit Wkg Paper : To view the Audit Working Paper during Auditing, click on Ctrl+W : Audit Wkg Paper or press Ctrl+W . The details displayed in Audit Working Paper will be relevant to report from where it is triggered.
β F9: Inv Reports : Click F9 : Inv Reports or press F9 to navigate to the default Inventory Reports like Godown Summary , Movement Analysis , Stock Summary and so on.
β F10: Acc Reports : Click F10 : Acc Reports or press F10 to navigate to the default Accounting Reports like Balance Sheet , Cash Flow , Trial Balance and so on.
β F10: Audit Reports : Click F10 : Audit Reports or press Alt+F10 to navigate to the other Audit Reports within Statutory Audit .
β F12 : Range : Click F12 : Range or press Alt+F12 to use the Range Filter option to search the specific Vouchers from the list of Vouchers under each Voucher Type.
β Ctrl+F12: Value : Click Ctrl+F12 or press Ctrl+F12 to filter the Vouchers and calculate the balances as per the specified conditions.
Click F12 : Configure or press F12 to change the default view for the above report.
β Show Narrations also : Set this option to Yes to display the Narration entered by the Client during the Voucher entry
β Define Validity Period Valid for : In this field alter the valid for period for the bank selected, by defining the validity period as months or days
β Show Transaction Type : Set this option to Yes to display the Transaction Type - Inter Bank Transfer, Cheque deposit etc selected during voucher entry.
β Show Instrument No : Set this option to Yes to display the Instrument Number entered during Voucher entry/reconciliation
β Show Audit Status : Set this option to Yes to display the Audit Status as selected by the Auditor during the Audit. This option is set to Yes by default.
β Show Audit Note : Set this option to Yes to display the Audit Note as entered by the Auditor during the Audit. This option is set to Yes by default.
β Show Client's Clarification : Set this option to Yes to display the Clarification Note entered by the Client for the Vouchers marked as Need Clarification by the Auditor.
β Show Date and Time : Set this option to Yes to view the date on which, and time at which, clarification was provided for the listed Vouchers.
β Show Audited By : Set this option to Yes to view the person who has performed auditing on the Vouchers.
β Show Clarification from : Set this option to Yes to view the user who has provided clarification, if any, for the Vouchers.
β Show Vouchers of Audit Status : Select an Audit Status and the Vouchers that have been marked with the chosen Audit Status will be filtered and displayed.
β Sorting Method : Select the required sorting method: Alphabetical, Amount-wise or No of Days Delayed, for the transactions from the list of Sorting Methods.
