Hi IngridvT:

You will need to create journal entries for the stale-dated cheques and un-cashed cheques. Debit bank and credit the expense and any GST/HST amount.

Thank you. They were mostly payroll cheques. Would I credit the payroll account (if I can figure out what that is)? There is one cheque that went to pay an invoice, how would I do the GST part?

IngridvT:

For the payroll cheques in 2020 and 2021, I assume T4's were made for the individuals to include the cheques that are now stale-dated. As mentioned before make a journal entry to debit bank for the cheque amounts and credit an Other Payable account called Stale-dated Cheques issued, Not Cashed. For the payables cheque look up the previous entry and note the accounts and amounts used. Make a journal entry to reverse the original entry E.G. Debit Bank for the cheque amount and Credit the expense account and GST account used in the previous looked-up entry. When looking up the transaction you could go to the Report menu in payable screen and view and print the original entry. Remember when looking up the actual journal entry in payables it will likely show a credit amount to accounts payable. You will have to change your entry to the bank account used to pay the invoice.

I hope I haven't complicated this issue for you!

Thank you, I will give this a try.

Thank you, I will give this a try.