I missed a recurring voucher payment last month and now I cannot update it - What can I do?

Question:

I missed my recurring voucher payment last month and now when I try to update it gets rejected. What can I do? The error message is "Accounting Period out of sequence".

Resolution:

There are a couple solutions to this:

1)      You could post it with an invoice date in September and then again for October.

2)      You could post September and then use the regular voucher entry to enter and post a reversing batch. Then you could net the two payments together in a zero-check run. You would need to reopen September and then reclose after posting the batch.

3)      You could delete the recurring voucher.

4)      It could be fixed by reprogramming the period but that would be a billable activity.

If the quarter is skipped you will have to change the file for the period that was skipped.