Receipts and Payments A/c difference

Generally Receipts and Payments a/c

Opening balance
+ Receipts
- Payments

should be equal to closing balance

Are there any reasons for variance in closing balance ?

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This discussion explores why a Receipts and Payments account might show a different closing balance, even when cash and bank ledgers match. Participants discuss potential reasons like omitted transactions or incorrect entries. Ultimately, the issue was traced to a technical problem within government accounting software, which has been escalated for resolution.

Receipt from FA / loan also required to be shown
It's all already accounted, bank balance matched , cash balance matched in ledgers but R & P balances doesn't
There is some entry not accounted for in R&P
That is the not reason since Bank and cash and balance matched
Only matching of cash and bank balance doesn't guaranteed perfect receipts There are various other transaction need to be accounted for in Receipts & Payments.
Journal entries will not come Receipts and Payments.

Only either cash or bank receipts can come to receipts and payments account
Yes but may be some receipts and payment transaction ommitted to show
Read the previous comments once again..Cash and bank balance tallied..How can these match if transactions are omitted
Only omitted in R&P Account
Finally we found that it's a technical issue in govt accounting software and escalated to software developer for back end report
You need to mention that you are asking in software, I thought you are preparing it manually

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