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JOx
Level 1

Voiding a Check

Anyone want to join me in a petition to please, please, please get QB to add the ability to void a check issued in a prior (closed) period on a specific date or in the current period?  Having to re-do reconciliations or enter journal entries to reverse the voided check, or to clear the check in the current period is undoubtedly (for me at least) one of the most annoying processes in the software.  99.9% of the time I am re-issuing the check anyway, so voiding in the current period and reissuing would create a net 0 transaction anyway.

 

Anyone agree with me?

 

Thanks!

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BigRedConsulting
Community Champion

Voiding a Check

When I void a check, QuickBooks does exactly what you're suggesting.  I have to do it from the check form, though, and not the register (for some reason I can't fathom):

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Tom222
Level 1

Voiding a Check

I agree. I've used Peachtree (Sage) in the past and they would ask you when you wanted to void the check, the day you issued it or today. I never understood why Quickbooks only voids checks on the day it was issued. It makes absolutely no sense.

Tom222
Level 1

Voiding a Check

Technically it doesn't. It is still voiding the check on the date it was issued. It is just creating a journal entry to keep the account balances the same and reversing that entry in the current month. For example, a client of mine has in excess of 100 old checks going back several years that were voided (void written on check) but not voided in Quickbooks. When I go back to void all of those checks, there will be hundreds of journal entries to correct the situation which would not exist if Quickbooks just voided the check in the current period. It will make the general ledger much larger and more difficult to maneuver than it needs to be. 

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