[Kmymoney] How to VOID a check

[Jack]

On 2015.10.25 14:38, Doug Lytle wrote:
> I just has my mother ask, "How do I voice a check".
> 
> I've been using KMyMoney for years and apparently haven't had the  
> need to do this;  thought it was a simple as right clicking on the  
> register entry and selecting "Mark as => Void"
> 
> Guess that wasn't the case.
> 
> Can anybody make a suggestion on how this is done?
> 
> System info:
> 
> Linux Mint 17.2 Rafaela
> KDE Version 4.14.2
> KMyMoney 4.7.2

Doug,

The way I look at it, voiding a check is "unwriting" it, or acting as  
if it doesn't exist.  In some sense, just deleting the transaction  
would work.  However, because the side effect of doing that is not  
knowing why you are missing a transaction for check X when you have  
check numbers X-1 and X+1, you can just change the amount to $0 and put  
a note in the memo that it was voided, and perhaps the reason, if you  
think you will wonder why, when you look back on it next year.   
Essentially, mirror what you would do in a paper check register.  You  
can alter the amount to $0, or if the voiding was done some days later,  
you could duplicate the transaction, change it from a withdrawal to a  
deposit (leaving the original amount unchanged) and comment in the memo  
that this was a void of the check written on the original date.

There is nothing magic or special about voiding a check.  You are just  
indicating that you know it will never be cashed - usually because it  
was lost or destroyed or returned uncashed.  I suppose if KMM were to  
actually have a transaction state of "voided" it would just change the  
amount to zero, although perhaps still display the original amount.   
However, that would likely be eventually more confusing than just  
zeroing the amount or writing a cancelling transaction.

Jack