Clearing Account & Reconciling Payments
This is leaning more towards the accounting side of things. To avoid confusion or to help you understand a bit more we recommend working through this with your accountant/bookkeeper or a friend who is “pretty good at that accounting sort of stuff”.
eXconnect marks Xero invoices as being paid once a payment has been processed, not when it is deposited into your bank account. This doesn’t impact the money you are being paid or received; however it can cause problems with how invoices are reconciled in your Xero account.
To avoid this causing problems, it is a good idea (and good accounting practice) to create a clearing account in Xero.