When a transaction affects your bank account, you need to record it in your accounting/erp system, which in our case is Business Central. There are typically three main types of transactions that impact your bank account:
You can record these transactions in various ways within Business Central, such as:
Regardless of the method you choose, the end result is the same: a transaction that affects your bank account is recorded in your books. So the rationale is that instead of using one of the other journals (i.e. payment journal), you're using the general journal. In the back end, all those journals are based on the general journal, so its really the same thing. Most common scenarios where the general journal is used is when you have bank fees.
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