Invoices paid, now show unpaid

[vickis]

I’m catching up on my books, last financial year end (30.6.2016) all balanced and was correct.

I changed the start date to 1.7.2016 and now invoices back in April 2016 are showing as unpaid and unbalanced.

I did notice I’d marked some as ‘Sales’ instead of ‘Accounts Receivable’ but even after changing this it still shows as unpaid?

I upgraded today, and it’s made no difference.

Can anyone shed some light?

Thank you

[Brucanna]

@vickis

I changed the start date to 1.7.2016

You don’t need to change the Start Date, so reinstate your previous Start Date.

To change the year, go to the Summary tab - Set Period and change the “From Date” to 1.7.2016,

[vickis]

Thanks Brucanna, I thought I needed to change the start date each financial year.

[Tut]

@vickis

I thought I needed to change the start date each financial year.

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