Microsoft KB Archive/148281

Money: Duplicate Transactions Downloading Wells Fargo Checking

PSS ID Number: Q148281 Article last modified on 08-18-1998

WINDOWS:3.0,3.0a,4.0,4.0a,5.0,98,99

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The information in this article applies to:

 Microsoft Money 99 Microsoft Money 98 Microsoft Money version 5.0 for Windows 95 Microsoft Money versions 4.0, 4.0a for Windows 95 == Microsoft Money versions 3.0, 3.0a == 

= SYMPTOMS =

When you download your statement from Wells Fargo Bank, duplicate transactions are entered in your Checking account.

This occurs with Wells Fargo checks numbered higher than 999 which were printed prior to November 1995.

= CAUSE =

Before Wells Fargo became a Microsoft Money member bank, Wells Fargo checks were micro-encoded with only the last three digits of the check numbers. When these checks are downloaded to Microsoft Money, only the last three digits of the check number are included. As a result, Money cannot match the transaction in the account register.

Money uses the Number field to match transactions downloaded from the bank with those you enter into the Account Register. Wells Fargo checks numbered 000 to 999 download correctly. However, older checks numbered 1000-9999 download as 000-999.

For Example, you write check number 2300 for $30.00 at your local grocery store and enter it in your Account Register. When check 2300 clears the bank, it is downloaded to Money with a check number of 300. When Money tries to match this transaction, it does not match the transaction with the transaction numbered 2300, even though this has the same amount and date as the downloaded transaction. Instead, a new transaction for check number 300 is entered in the Account Register. This results in duplicate entries.

= RESOLUTION =

To continue using checks printed prior to November 1995, follow these steps:


 * 1) When you enter checks in the Account Register, only enter the last three digits in the Number field.
 * 2) After the download is complete, and your transactions are matched, edit the transactions in the Account Register to indicate the complete check number.

You can also Contact Wells Fargo to order new checks if you are experiencing this problem. Checks ordered after November 1995 have the full check number micro-encoded and download correctly.

NOTE: Some of the information in this article was provided by Wells Fargo.

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