The latest version (21.8.41) no longer requires start date to set starting balances. On balance sheet accounts and sub-accounts you can simply set starting balance such as: [image] And then in general ledger the starting balance is presented without any date such as: [image] We actually do not…

I have done this and exactly this is causing problems since unpaid invoices before starting balance include VAT

SO was the VAT paid or unpaid at the start date? You can adjust the balance of the VAT account so that it agrees with what the actual starting balance was/is by taking into account the VAT included in the invoices entered to get the customer & supplier starting balances

you are right, but it would be easier, if we could place starting balance debit to customer and delete these invoices

Just add a fake invoice with the amount you want and no vat The idea behind entering unpaid invoices individually is that when they are paid you can track which invoices have been paid and which invoices are still due

That’s what I would do but I wouldn’t call it fake, I’d call it a summary or dummy.

[image] Joe91: Just add a fake invoice with the amount you want and no vat [image] Ealfardan: That’s what I would do but I wouldn’t call it fake, I’d call it a summary or dummy. The problem with this approach is that the cash basis P&L after start date will be inflated by the amount of…

[image] Hennie: when I compare the database before and after running the fix, I see a difference in the number of transactions in the tabs Receipts and Payments. Can you explain this please. If you were using start date, then any cleared receipt or payment entered before start date would be i…

[image] Hennie: Dear Lubos, I have a very big concern about this change in the software and I’ll explain what my concern is. It is my experience that a lot of users don’t update their version of Manager on a regular basis and I think it is a minority of the users that follow what is posted on th…

@Hennie I know it’s my responsibility to make sure upgrades are clean and do not break anything. I accept that and it’s what I’ve been always doing and will continue to do so. In this particular case, I couldn’t do it. So I could have either done nothing because this change would have been too big …

@lubos Nobody is suggesting that you do not fix the issue. Of course it needs to be fixed. All people are asking is that you implement an update process where updates like this do not negatively impact users. Hennie is absolutely right - many Manager users never logon to the forum, so will have no…

Start date no longer required

abdulbari September 21, 2021, 6:19am 87

This is affecting Customs Reports

you may check this subject

the system will only capture Starting balance in customs report only if we add 01/01/0001 as start date

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Start date no longer required

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