• Transaction occurred before previous fiscal year - No it Did not!

    I am trying to adjust a receipt that I made on July 31, 2022. I get a message saying "The transaction cannot be adjusted because the transaction date occurred before the previous fiscal year." Our fiscal year end is June 30th. I KNOW I did not create…
  • I need to add project information to customer statements

    Hello, Is there a way to link project numbers/names from the Projects module in Sage 50 to customer statements? I code all AR invoices to a project and I would like to be able to add this information to customer statements as we are no longer using…
  • Data Integrity Check - difference between A/R balance and Unpaid Invoices

    I have just noted a difference of 0.01 between my A/R balance and Unpaid invoices when I ran a Data Integrity Check. When I investigated, I found that the difference arose on the translation of a foreign currency receipt to the home currency. The translation…
  • Prior Year Adjusting entry

    I need some insight on how to make adjusting entries for expense accounts from 2018 to 2019 that were not claimed for 2018 Taxes. I need to carry forward the amounts I made from receipts and Invoices that were charged and paid for in 2018. For example…
  • combine two Accounts Receivables

    I am trying to combine tow A/R into one. here is the scenario: A/R account has an account left over from last year. So when I tried to add to it it didn't allow me, the account didn't show up as it is a control account. Than I changed it to A/R general…
  • linking two accounts Receivable to balance data integrity checks

    Hey there, When setting up from our last accounting software we had two accounts receivable, one in cad $ and one in us $, as well as three accounts payable, the extra being for GBP. When linking my accounts receivable to my customers for the linked…
  • Sage Automatically Created Credit Memo - How Do I apply it to a customer invoice

    Hello To explain the situation. Someone created an invoice in error to receive a deposit from a customer (should have just received the deposit and not created the first invoice). I found that they had created this Invoice in error so I reversed the…
  • Transfer A/P amount to A/C to clear?

    Hello, Instead of making a purchase voucher, I made a general journal entry and cleared the accounts payable account via cash. However, instead of this amount linking to the accounts receivable, I know have amounts in both A/P and A/R. How can I transfer…
  • Repayment of EMployee benefit

    Hi We had an employee go on maternity leave, for just under a year. We continued to pay her medical insurance. There were no weekly entiries made, as it normally came off her check . Now that she is back, i need to figure out how to enter her payments…
  • Simply Accounting by Sage First Step (2010) How to void and invoice from a previous year

    Hi! I need some help. I have an invoice from 2015-10 of 75$ which I want to void (make disappear). This invoice is still in my account receivables. Ive looked online and could only manually void the invoice by recreating it but with negative numbers…
  • Year End ADJ Entries to Accounts Receivable / Meals ???

    Hi, I am entering the Year End Adjusting Entries from the Accountant. I am almost done. I have one problem left though. My A/R is out by $0.09 interestingly, so is my Meals Expense account. If I could Dr. the A/R and Cr. the Meals everything should…
  • posted to the wrong account how to fix?

    We have a company that we buy lab supplies and also have a service contract. Since it's the same company, I have to remember to change the account when I post the Service Contract which I forgot twice. One is posted in the previous year (15/01/2015…
  • Posting to A/R in a foreign Currency as an adjusting Y/E Entry

    Hi I need assistance please: In the previous fiscal year we generated an invoice for USD (in a foreign currency) $1080.04. The client paid the amount via a wire transfer and the invoice in Accounts Receivable has the PAID on it. However, the Accountant…
  • Year End Adjustments - Corrections to A/P or A/R

    My accountant has requested a series of Adjusting Journal Entries, including adjustments to Payable and Receivable Accounts: Here is a sample: 31/12/14 Accounts Receivable XYZ Inc - Account No. 1205 - Debit - 7592.20 31/12/14 Accounts Payable -…
  • Paid sales invoices reversed just in GL

    Hi, I cannot figure out how 2 receivable JEs got reversed only in GL. The invoices are still there in the Sales Journal and have a payment recorded again them. In fact the payment was applied to 6 invoices and none of the invoices were reversed. There…
  • Help!! Really old invoices. Client wants to change the sold to part in order to pay

    I have a few invoices that are way past due but not yet in bad debt and the client now wants me to resubmit it to a different client name. Obviously i can no longer adjust the invoices as they are from a prior year. I know you guys touched this subject…
  • 2014 Invoice not paid, clients want to redate to 2015

    Client never paid this 2014 invoice and finally they came back to us stating that they already closed their 2014 books on March 31 and wants us to date the invoice as of April 01, 2015. I understand what they want but our year end is also March 31. The…