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February 20, 2020
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Why are late fees are adding charges to the original invoice date, rather than the current month? It's changing P & L numbers for last year! How can I change this??

  • February 20, 2020
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February 20, 2020

Hi there, @green-science.

 

This will happen if the late fees are automatically applied to the overdue invoices. You can manually delete the line item for late fees to fix your Profit and Loss numbers. And create an invoice for it to add the charges to the current year.

 

Here's how:

 

  1. Click Sales from the left menu, then select Invoices.
  2. Find and open the invoices with late fees.
  3. In the Late fee line item, click the trash can icon to remove.
  4. Select Save and close.

Once done, you can now create an invoice for the late fees.

 

  1. Click the + New button, then select Invoice.
  2. Select the customer from the drop-down.
  3. In the Product/Service column, select Late fee.
  4. Enter the amount and necessary information, then click Save and close or Save and send.

I'm adding this article to learn more about late fees: Setting up and applying automatic late fees.

 

Keep in touch if you need further assistance with this, or if there's anything else I can do for you. I've got your back. Have a good day.

February 20, 2020

I thought that the whole purpose of late fees was to have them automatically added to past due invoices.  This is a huge flaw with QBO then if this is considered a normal function.  I know how to remove a charge and how to create an invoice. I hope that someone at QB realizes that this is a flaw in that a new charge is added using an old date.  I can't believe that I'm the only one that's asked about this and sees it as a problem, and a large time-waster to have to go back and remove all past due charges and recreate new invoices.

August 3, 2020

i cant remove the late fee from my invoice from last year