Refunded Credit Card Payment from Prior Year Later Applied to Invoice in Other Closed Period

Happy to help, DA2018. You've come to the right place for an answer.

Thanks for sharing the complete details of your concern. I have here a way on how to correct your unapplied credit card payments in QuickBooks Desktop. By doing this, will ensure that your books are accurate and up to date. 

With this, I'd recommend reversing the Journal Entry (JE) first before applying for the payment on the invoice. In this way, it will not be shown as unapplied.

Here's how to reverse: 

1. Press Ctrl + A to open the Chart of Accounts. 
2. Select the account where your JE was recorded. 
3. Double-click it and click the Reverse button. 
4. Click Save and close. 

For more information, see this link: What will happen after reversing JE in QuickBooks? 

After that, re-apply the credit card payment to the invoice. Once done, the unapplied funds should resolve. 

Upon sharing the resolution above, I'd still recommend contacting an accountant since the books are closed. If you don't have one, see this link to get an expert: Find an accountant or advisor. 

In addition, check out these articles below to learn more about fees for refunded transactions and other related topics: 

• Understand fees for refunds or void transactions
• Sales and customers FAQS

If you'd like to add something, feel free to do so. I'd be glad to help you some more. Take care always, DA2018.

This would not help as the journal entry was made to refund the credit card payment back in that prior year.  I do not want to reverse the journal entry.  I need to figure out what kind of journal entry(-ies) to make to resolve the issues listed in my original post.  There are multiple issues there and the resolution offered would not resolve any of those issues.  Sorry.