Unpaid Invoices

Thanks for your help.

When writing off an invoice from a prior year and running a Cash basis business, What account should be chosen for the credit memo? 

I know credit memos Credit Accounts Receivable. Should the Debit side of the transaction be the same income account that was chosen on the original Invoice?

I understand that when running a CASH BASIS profit and loss statement, income is not recognized until received, so I know the Invoice was never included in the tax return.

I understand that Cash Basis Balance Sheet does not include Accounts Receivable (or Accounts Payable). 

I understand that Cash basis businesses do not use "bad debt" expense when writing off invoices. 

I'm just not certain what account gets chosen on the Credit Memo and how it will affect reports  and where it will be put on tax returns. 

Thank you!

Thank you for this post! I have a few questions to add to this if I may.

When writing off an invoice from a prior year and running a Cash basis business, What account should be chosen for the credit memo? 

I know credit memos Credit Accounts Receivable. Should the Debit side of the transaction be the same income account that was chosen on the original Invoice?

I understand that when running a CASH BASIS profit and loss statement, income is not recognized until received, so I know the Invoice was never included in the tax return.

I understand that Cash Basis Balance Sheet does not include Accounts Receivable (or Accounts Payable). 

I understand that Cash basis businesses do not use "bad debt" expense when writing off invoices. 

I'm just not certain what account gets chosen on the Credit Memo and how it will affect reports  and where it will be put on tax returns. 

Thank you!

I just joined a non-profit company using QBO. They just started to use QBO and had an outside company set it up for them.  Currently they have many open overdue invoices & open JEs in AR from 2021 that their CPA created with JE.  They know they did receive payments, but the payments were NOT entered correctly as "Receive Payment", they were entered as a deposit.  What is the best way to clear these overdue invoices without affecting the cash?

I started to create credit memos to close out the invoices but it's affecting the cash......... also as a non-profit everything must match.  Help please!!!