What do I need to do if a donor changes the amount they give?
If a donor informs you that they have changed their donation amount (or the date or frequency they give), you do not need to do anything about this within ExpensePlus for the purpose of bank reconciliation.
Top Tip: If you use the pledge feature, you might want to update this information.
ExpensePlus remembers and quick-matches donations in an automated fashion, based on the bank description, not based on the date or amount. Therefore, there is no need to update anything if a donor changes either the frequency or the amount they give (which is why you won't find anything to update either within the memorized transactions screen or the manage donor screen).
Learn more here: How to Quick Match Income
If the donor gives an additional gift for a different purpose e.g. for a foodbank appeal, you can simply enter this and select the relevant fund and category during bank matching (and choose to remember it for quick-match).
ExpensePlus remembers transactions per bank account and multiple donations can be remembered per donor.
For example, ExpensePlus can remember 'Bob Jones Tithe' and 'Bob Jones Foodbank' and correctly allocate these donations to the corresponding funds/categories.
Important: It's therefore important that donors use DIFFERENT bank descriptions for gifts to different funds, so you can tell them apart when bank matching. If the additional designated or restricted donation is made using an identical bank reference (and you've only been notified of the change externally outside the system), you will need to either exclude this donation prior to quick matching (from within the quick matching screen) or after quick-matching, manually edit and reallocate the donation.
To better understand the Bank Reconciliation module, please view the module overview video here.