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Owner Statement Error: “Journals Without Accounts Associated”

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What this error means

If you see an error on your Owner Statement that says:

“We’ve found journals without accounts associated. Please review this line.”

This means there are PMS (Property Management System) reservation line items that are not yet mapped to a General Ledger (GL) account in VRT.

VRTrust cannot include these lines in journals or owner statements until the system knows which GL account each PMS line should post to.


Where you’ll see the issue

On the Owner Statement, you may notice one or more reservation lines flagged or excluded. These are PMS-generated line items (fees, refunds, taxes, adjustments, etc.) that still need review.


How to find unmapped PMS lines

You can identify and resolve these lines directly from Settings:

  1. Go to Settings

  2. Navigate to Accounting

  3. Click Reservations

  4. Enable Show Unmapped Lines

This view shows all PMS reservation line items that are currently missing a GL account mapping.


How to fix the issue (map the lines)

For each unmapped PMS line, decide how it should be treated in your accounting:

Common examples

  • Early Check-In Fee
    → Map to an income account such as Early Check-In Revenue

  • Refunds
    → Either:

    • Map to a refunds/contra-revenue account, or

    • Exclude the line if it should not affect owner reporting

  • VAT or Lodging Tax
    → Map to a tax liability account such as VAT Payable
    (or exclude, depending on how the PMS handles tax withholding)

  • Discounts
    → Map to Rents or Rent Discounts

Once mapped, VRTrust will automatically include these lines in journals and owner statements going forward.


After mapping

  • Navigate back to the Owner Statement

  • The error should be resolved

  • All reservation activity will now post cleanly to the General Ledger


Why this matters

Accurate PMS line mapping ensures:

  • Clean journals

  • Correct owner statements

  • Proper tax and revenue reporting

  • Fewer reconciliation issues downstream


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