Unable to Post Pending Vendor Invoices After Fiscal Year Close Due to Closed Posting Period

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We run fiscal year-end close and moved into the new fiscal year. We are aware that there are several vendor invoices that were intentionally left in a pending state during the close process and have not yet been posted. These invoices still carry posting dates that belong to the closed fiscal period.

When attempting to post these invoices, the system prevents posting and returns an error indicating that the posting date cannot be used or updated. Since the original posting period is closed, we expected the system to allow posting in an open period, but that is not happening.

Has anyone encountered this behavior? What is the recommended approach for posting pending vendor invoices when their original posting date falls in a closed fiscal period?

Thanks in advance.

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Subra 1,699 on at

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Hi @CU30121243-0

Please open the Fiscal year Temporarily and post the pending vendor invoices and close the fiscal yr.

I would recommend you to post all the pending invoices before closing the fiscal year.

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Aymen CHELBI 648 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

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Hello,

The system doesn't auto-shift posting dates on pending invoices when their period closes, the AP clerk has to manually update the posting date on each pending invoice before it can post. Vendor invoice dates - Finance | Dynamics 365 | Microsoft Learn

Fix:

Check Accounts payable parameters > Ledger and sales tax tab > "Adjust invoice posting date automatically." If it's on No change (default), that's why you're blocked.

Set it to "Change posting date to first day of new period" (or "system date"), and also set "Adjust invoice posting date to next year's open period" since you're crossing a fiscal year, not just a period , leaving it at "Block with error" keeps you stuck.

For the invoices already stuck now: open them in Pending vendor invoices and manually edit the Posting date field to a date in the open period. Leave Invoice date untouched if you want to preserve original FX rate/terms/due date.

One caution: the parameter change is global, so use it if this recurs every close; for a one-off, just edit the dates manually on the affected invoices.

Best regards,

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Shaluma 369 on at

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Hi,

The fix is either to update the invoice's posting date to an open period, or to temporarily reopen the closed period so invoices can post with their original date.
Please check the below URL,
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/finance/accounts-payable/vendor-invoice-dates

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Deepak Agarwal 9,135 on at

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Thats an expected behavior of system, you can not post any transaction in a closed period date. As suggested by other, either try open the period temporarily (make sure its opened for very short time and prefer would be out of normal business hours to prevent any accidental transaction by others)

Or change the posting date manually in each invoice to current open period.

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Arvind Bharti 1,017 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

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It is always recommended to close all open transactions in previous year.

So i would suggest to post all those invoices if they are suppose to be accounted in previous year.

If they need to be accounted to next year then use this parameter

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Giorgio Bonacorsi 3,530 on at

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Hello,

You have two main options, as suggested by the other experts: reopen the period or change the date.
The other contributors are clear on the date recommendation. Regarding periods, here is some additional guidance to configure them so that only the accounting team can continue posting invoices in the coming months, while other operations remain frozen: https://dax365fo.org/2024/06/01/ledger-calendar-management/

Good luck,

Giorgio

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