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writing chqs

no1fran · 2011-09-30 09:19:08

I recently wrote a chq for £200 as a wedding gift and found that HSBC had debited my account for 200.83. Perplexed I rang HSBC as to how this could happen and where had my 83 pence gone. First person I spoke to agreed that she could see I had written a chq for £200 only (in the writing bit) and passed me on to someone else…

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Biggles Posts: 8,209 Forumite

2 October 2011 at 7:27AM

It is correct to complete each entry, as it reduces the chance of it being altered or added to. Thus 'Two hundred pounds only' and '£200-00' (a dash is generally preferred to a decimal point as it shows up more clearly).

I remember some of my staff liking to write Ø.ØØ instead of 0.00 to demonstrate that an item was blank, or null. But I drew the line (no pun intended) when they started to include them in a number, like 2ØØ, as it just confused the issue.

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