RE: Change date for Payables Transaction - Posted
Hi Laruchik
You shouldn't change the date of a posted transaction as that defeats the audit trail that was created.
The proper way would be to void the payables transaction and then re-enter it with the correct date. Note that you cannot use the same document number so if you put a period on the end or put an 'a' on the end or make a space this will allow you to post the invoice.
I also noticed that the cheque was cashed. Are you using bank rec and has a bank reconciliation been performed yet?
If not, here is what I would suggest.
Void the cheque, then void the payables transaction
Enter the transaction with the correct date and do a cheque on the fly to pay off the invoice. For the document number you will need to append it with a period, an 'a' or a space for it to be allowed. For cheque number you can use the same cheque number, but be sure that your settings in chequebook setup are set to allow the use of a duplicate cheque number for this one time.
Post the transaction. You will then have your transaction in January. Bank rec will show 2 cheques with the same number, one of them being voided. Don't forget to change the setting in chequebook setup back to not to allow duplicate cheques which is where it is most likely set.
The other option would be to just create reversing journal entries dated December 31 and Jan 1 to contra the December 31st entry and then have it expensed for January.