# Unpresented cheque (now 6 months old)

**URL:** <https://forum.manager.io/t/unpresented-cheque-now-6-months-old/9365>\
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**Created:** [April 30, 2017, 4:01pm UTC](https://forum.manager.io/t/unpresented-cheque-now-6-months-old/9365 "2017-04-30T16:01:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![shideman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.manager.io/shideman/32/45184_2.png) [@shideman](https://forum.manager.io/u/shideman)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2017, 4:01pm UTC](https://forum.manager.io/t/unpresented-cheque-now-6-months-old/9365/1 "2017-04-30T16:01:55Z")

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I am a Club Treasurer, and a cheque I issued to an ex-member as a refund has never been presented, and is therefore on the cash and cash equivalents screen as a pending item,  
The cheque is now over six months old, and therefore I assume it can no longer be presented (not sure whether this is still correct in UK law). Can I merely delete the entry in pending cheques or will this cause problems?

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**Author:** ![Brucanna](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.manager.io/brucanna/32/1960_2.png) [@Brucanna](https://forum.manager.io/u/Brucanna)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2017, 4:06pm UTC](https://forum.manager.io/t/unpresented-cheque-now-6-months-old/9365/2 "2017-04-30T16:06:17Z")

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I would “re-bank” the cheque as at todays date so there remains a trail, in case it is still presented, then you can delete the re-bank. In some countries it is 12 months before a cheque becomes stale.

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**Author:** ![lubos](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.manager.io/lubos/32/62798_2.png) [@lubos](https://forum.manager.io/u/lubos)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2017, 11:08pm UTC](https://forum.manager.io/t/unpresented-cheque-now-6-months-old/9365/3 "2017-04-30T23:08:37Z")

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> [@shideman](#):
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> Can I merely delete the entry in pending cheques or will this cause problems?

If you delete pending cheque, this will affect your historical reports. In other words, it will be as if the transaction never existed in the first place. Maybe that’s fine and maybe it is not desirable.

I think for cheques, eventually there will be a mechanism to simply “cancel” them. For now, I would do as @Brucanna says. Pretend the cheque has been presented today and then make manual entry to receive money on the same date to “reverse” the cheque.

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**Author:** ![shideman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.manager.io/shideman/32/45184_2.png) [@shideman](https://forum.manager.io/u/shideman)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2017, 1:19pm UTC](https://forum.manager.io/t/unpresented-cheque-now-6-months-old/9365/4 "2017-05-01T13:19:36Z")

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Thanks for that advice, which I shall follow!

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**Author:** ![Ealfardan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.manager.io/ealfardan/32/63166_2.png) [@Ealfardan](https://forum.manager.io/u/Ealfardan)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2023, 3:26pm UTC](https://forum.manager.io/t/unpresented-cheque-now-6-months-old/9365/5 "2023-01-18T15:26:56Z")

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Closed on January 18, 2023, 3:26pm UTC