Posting to Closed Month (or Year)

[tena20719]

Does anyone know a "work around" to be able to post to a closed month (or year) in Power Church? Due to my own stupidity, I closed last years books and of course, I have now found a mistake.

This entry was a January, 2012 entry, but I posted it to December, 2011. So now my Income and Expense Report is incorrect for both 2011 AND 2012!

I wish Power Church would come up with some way to either "unclose" a month or to have a "system override" box you can check to where you can go back and make a correcting entry. Something, anything! Please help us out Power Church!

[JohnDMeyers]

Actually, PowerChurch, and other double-entry accounting systems provide a level of integrity because of the permanence of the record. Think of it in terms of the benefit, rather than the inconvenience.

You cannot unpost, nor can you reopen a closed period.

Here's what you can do. 1)You can restore a backup and start again. 2) You can make a correction entry in the current period and note the correction on your note page of your financials.

There may be other options as well.

[NeilZ]

FWIW ... you can have up to 18 months open under Powerchurch V10 and higher. You do have to set this number under the Accounting Preferences, but this will allow you to have months from July 2011 thru Dec 2012, for example, open so this won't happen in future.

[tenalea]

@John Meyers - thanks for the suggestion but this actually won't help. If I put the correcting entry in this year, it's just a wash. I need to reduce the income for 2011 and increase the income for 2012. So the only entry that would fix the problem would have to be done in each year.

I closed December over a month ago, so restoring a backup is not an option. My stupid mistake in closing last year so soon.

While I appreciate the thought that closing books is for my benefit, it has done nothing but cause me grief over the years. For this reason alone I would consider switching to Quickbooks. If my data had been in their program, it would have been a snap to change.

@Neil Z - I did know about the 12 months, but not the 18. I have already made that change in my system. Thanks!