How to reverse a payment posted against a CIS invoice in Sage Sole Trader. There's currently no option to undo a payment from the invoice, so this is the workaround.
If you record a payment against a CIS invoice by mistake, you can correct your accounts with a manual journal.
Sage Sole Trader doesn't currently let you undo a payment from the invoice itself.
NOTE:
A new feature for reversing payments is coming soon. Once that feature is available, you can undo a payment without a journal.
When you record a payment for a CIS invoice, Sage posts these entries on the payment date:
- A debit to CIS Tax Asset Realised (account 1131) for the CIS amount
- A credit to Sales - Products (account 4000) for the gross invoice amount
- A money-in transaction to your bank, if you ticked Create money-in transaction
You can see these on the Nominal Activity report under the original payment date.
Post the reversing journal:
CAUTION:
A manual journal directly affects your accounts. If you aren't confident with double-entry bookkeeping, speak to your accountant before posting one. An incorrect journal can create errors that take longer to fix.
- Go to Transactions, then select the Draft tab.
- Select Add, then select Journal.
- Read the Adding journals message, then select Continue.
- Enter a Journal reference and use the date of the original payment.
- Add a Journal description explaining what the journal is for.
- On the first line, select Sales - Products as the Ledger account.
- Enter the gross invoice amount in Debit.
- On the second line, select CIS Tax Asset Realised as the Ledger account.
- Enter the CIS amount in Credit.
- If you ticked Create money-in transaction with the original payment, select Add new line to add a third line:
- Select your bank account as the Ledger account
- Enter the net amount in Credit
- Check the Debit and Credit totals balance, then select Save as Completed.
NOTE:
The invoice still shows as Paid after you post the journal. Your reports and balances are correct, but the invoice status doesn't change until Sage releases the new feature.
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