UNPRESENTED ACCOUNTS PAYABLE, EXPENSE, OR VENDOR CHECKS
1. What happens when a check is returned by the post office as undeliverable?
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2. When is an unpresented check considered to be stale dated?
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3. Is an effort made to contact owners of stale date, unpresented checks and issue
replacements?
Yes
No
4. How are stale dated checks, which remain unpresented, cleared?
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5. If they are written off, to what account(s)?
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6. Where checks are replaced or written off, what records are maintained to track the check
disposition in a future period?
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7. What procedures does the company use to identify and track unpresented checks that are
approaching the five-year statutory abandonment period?
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8. What causes a check to be removed from the list of checks eligible to be reported as
abandoned?
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TR-0412
RDA 2128