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January 30, 2026
Question

Credit Card Payment not Matching to Checking Account

  • January 30, 2026
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We just recently switched from QB Desktop to QB online and all historical data was imported. I then connected both the bank feed and credit card feed. To keep this short - I had to start syncing the credit card feed starting 11/28/25, and all transactions are correct and accounted for except for one credit card payment. This credit card payment will not match with the corresponding transaction in the Checking account register. I have unreconciled the transaction and it still will not match. I also can't exclude the downloaded transaction because then the credit card register balance is incorrect. I just want to record that payment as a credit card credit without affecting the checking account register. If I choose the Amex account when recording it as a credit card credit, it duplicates the entry and the balance stays the same. If I record it as suspense or ask my accountant, that works, however I would have to close out that account somehow and I don't know what it should be. Please help!!!

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QuickBooks Team
January 30, 2026

Hi there, @Rebecca97.
 

Welcome to the Community, and thank you for reaching out. I can see how dedicated you've been in getting everything set up after migrating from Desktop, and we truly appreciate your efforts. You're almost finished, just one last credit card payment to match.
 

The reason this is happening is that QuickBooks recognizes the same payment in both your checking account (from the migration) and your credit card feed (from the bank connection). It just needs to treat these as one transaction, not two. Rather than recording them separately, you'll simply link them together as a transfer between your accounts. Here's how:
 

  1. Navigate to the Accounting page, then Bank transactions.
  2. Select your credit card account.
  3. Find and click the credit card payment transaction.
  4. In the Transaction type dropdown, select Credit Card Payment.
  5. Select the account you're paying with, which is your checking account.
  6. In the Match/Categorize column, look for Pair. If you don't see this, the program hasn't been able to automatically match it to the transaction in the other account. So you'll need to manually pair it.
  7. Select Post.


If you need to manually pair the payment, click on your checking account, go to the Pending tab, locate the transaction, and select Match in the Action column.
 

This tells the program that the credit card payment and the checking account payment are the same real-world transaction (a transfer between your accounts). It links them together without creating duplicates or affecting your balances incorrectly.
 

Let us know if you have any further questions. We’re here to assist you.

Rebecca97Author
January 31, 2026

While that should work in theory, it does not in my specific situation. The check that should match the payment was already reconciled and was not imported from a bank feed, but from historical quickbooks desktop data, so it does not appear in the pending or posted tab. I believe that is why it is not matching. I am wondering if i do the following would work or cause bigger issues.

1) Unreconcile the single transaction for the check in the checking account register

2) duplicate the check and keep the same date as the original

3) pair the new check to the credit card payment

4) Delete the old check 

5) Reconcile the new single transaction check.

 

Thoughts?