{"schema":"exacc.help.page/1","url":"https://exacc.au/help/review-transactions/","title":"Review transactions before you report","description":"Find what needs a second look before you run reports or lodge a BAS: records marked for review, drafts, the suspense account and varied GST.","category":"Accounting","summary":"Open **Books › Review Transactions** and pick a **Report Type**: **Records marked for review**, **Draft records**, **Records using suspense account** or **Records with varied tax amount**. **Open record** on a row takes you to it to fix.","lastVerified":"2026-10-09","apps":["app"],"processIds":["review_transactions"],"start":{"label":"Open Review Transactions","url":"https://app.exacc.au/{dbId}/books/review-transactions"},"menuPath":["Books","Accounting","Review Transactions"],"steps":[{"step":1,"title":"Choose what to review","body":["Open **Books › Review Transactions** and pick a **Report Type**:"],"url":"https://app.exacc.au/{dbId}/books/review-transactions","fields":[{"name":"Records marked for review","help":"lines someone ticked **Review** on."},{"name":"Draft records","help":"journals, invoices, bills and pay runs saved as drafts: they are not in your accounts yet."},{"name":"Records using suspense account","help":"money you parked while you found out what it was."},{"name":"Records with varied tax amount","help":"lines where the GST was typed by hand."}],"image":"https://exacc.au/help/review-transactions/step-1.png"},{"step":2,"title":"Fix them","body":["Each row shows the date, ID, account, gross, tax, reference and status. **Open record** takes you to the transaction; fix it there and come back."]}],"sections":[{"heading":"Before lodging a BAS","body":["Work through all four lists, then lock the period (see **Lock a finished period**) so nothing changes after you lodge."]}],"related":["https://exacc.au/help/find-and-update-transactions/","https://exacc.au/help/lock-accounting-period/","https://exacc.au/help/process-bank-feeds/","https://exacc.au/help/create-general-journal/"],"linkNote":"Links containing {dbId} open that screen in the business file whose id is dbId. A person can also open this help page with ?db=<dbId> to get the same links as buttons."}