Cannot select posting month in Payroll module (v14)

[mafmctr]

When selecting "Post Payroll" the option "Transaction date determines accounting month" is not available in version 14 (program date of 06/29/2022). We use this option to post accrued payroll at the end of each month.

[Zorak]

Version 14 removed the additional prompts to change the posting month and now just bases the month on the date. If you are entering a transaction dated at the end of the month (June 30, 2022) it will create the transaction for the month of June 2022.

If that's not the behavior that you want, you can change the month of the transaction prior to posting on the Modify Unposted Transactions screen in Fund Accounting.

[mafmctr]

It appears that this posting option was also removed from Accounts Payable and Contributions (and likely others) so I am guessing this was intentional. Removing this functionality is a significant problem for us. We change the posting month to post accruals (transactions expensed in the current month but paid in the following month) and corrections of transactions from a previous month. Once we issue monthly financial statements we do NOT post anything back to that period for audit purposes. We post all adjustments (voids and reissues) in the current month regardless of the transaction date. We also post all corrections to contributions to the current month (regardless of the transaction date). Not having the option to select the posting period means that after we post from a Module to Fund Accounting we would need to manually adjust the period on each of the affected transactions in Fund Accounting before posting. This would be a very time consuming process and prone to human error. Please restore this functionality!!

[NeilZ]

It appears that this posting option was also removed from Accounts Payable and Contributions (and likely others) so I am guessing this was intentional. Removing this functionality is a significant problem for us. We change the posting month to post accruals (transactions expensed in the current month but paid in the following month) and corrections of transactions from a previous month. Once we issue monthly financial statements we do NOT post anything back to that period for audit purposes. We post all adjustments (voids and reissues) in the current month regardless of the transaction date. We also post all corrections to contributions to the current month (regardless of the transaction date). Not having the option to select the posting period means that after we post from a Module to Fund Accounting we would need to manually adjust the period on each of the affected transactions in Fund Accounting before posting. This would be a very time consuming process and prone to human error. Please restore this functionality!!

FWIW ... Powerchurch has never been an accrual based system. Church Fund Accounting has always been a cash basis accounting. I really can't understand how you have 'accruals' unless you're using credit cards in which case you should be using a liability account to handle them so they are 'paid' in the same month as the funds have been moved to cover the expense.