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What is clearing account?

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(Quoted from answers.com): Usually a temporary account containing costs or amounts that are to be transferred to another account. An example is the income summary account containing revenue and expense amounts to be transferred to retained earnings at the close of a fiscal period. (Quoted from www.teachmefinance.com): A a bank account used by a mortgage servicing company for the temporary, short-term deposit of mortgage payments that have been collected and are either awaiting transmittal to investors who bought the mortgages or awaiting deposit in escrow accounts. (Quoted from www.ofm.wa.gov/policysc/glossary.htm): An account used to accumulate total charges or credits so that they can be distributed later among the accounts to which they are allocable or so that the net differences can be transferred to the proper account.

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Define inward clearing?

Inward clearing refers to the checks drawn by a bank client on their account in favor of other parties. The accounts of the check issuer is debited to the account and the payment is made to the bank.


Is gst clearing account on the debit or credit side?

The GST (Goods and Services Tax) clearing account is typically on the credit side of the accounting ledger when the tax is collected from customers and debit side where it is paid to the tax authorities. When a business collects GST from customers, it is collected as a liability until it is remitted to the tax authorities. The GST clearing account is used to track this liability until the payment is made to the government. Once the GST is remitted, the balance in the clearing account decreases, and the liability is cleared.


What is Processing inward and outward clearing and reconciliation of clearing difference?

Assume Mr A with an account at the ABC bank issues a check for Mr X with an account at the XYZ bank. The check's data go into XYZ's computer system, and the sum is added to Mr X' account. Next the check is sent to bank ABC. This part of the compensating is called Outward Clearing. Next the check's data go into ABC's computer system, and the sum is subtracted from Mr A's account. The amount is also subtracted from bank ABC's account at the National Bank and credited in XYZ's account there. This part of the compensating is called Inward Clearing.

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Define inward clearing?

Inward clearing refers to the checks drawn by a bank client on their account in favor of other parties. The accounts of the check issuer is debited to the account and the payment is made to the bank.


Is gst clearing account on the debit or credit side?

The GST (Goods and Services Tax) clearing account is typically on the credit side of the accounting ledger when the tax is collected from customers and debit side where it is paid to the tax authorities. When a business collects GST from customers, it is collected as a liability until it is remitted to the tax authorities. The GST clearing account is used to track this liability until the payment is made to the government. Once the GST is remitted, the balance in the clearing account decreases, and the liability is cleared.


What do you mean by Electronic Clearing System?

It is type of one bank account fund transfer to another bank account


What is Processing inward and outward clearing and reconciliation of clearing difference?

Assume Mr A with an account at the ABC bank issues a check for Mr X with an account at the XYZ bank. The check's data go into XYZ's computer system, and the sum is added to Mr X' account. Next the check is sent to bank ABC. This part of the compensating is called Outward Clearing. Next the check's data go into ABC's computer system, and the sum is subtracted from Mr A's account. The amount is also subtracted from bank ABC's account at the National Bank and credited in XYZ's account there. This part of the compensating is called Inward Clearing.


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