Voiding / Reversing Vendor Disbursements

There are a few different scenarios of voiding/reversing Vendor disbursements.

• Scenario 1 – The Bill is correct and the disbursement exists in the current Agvance data.
• Scenario 2 – The Bill is correct and the disbursement does not exist in current Agvance data.
• Scenario 3 – The Bill needs to be changed, the User wants to change it only in the current year, and the disbursement exists in the current year.
• Scenario 4 – The Bill needs to be changed, the User wants to change it only in the current year, and the disbursement does not exist in the current year.
• Scenario 5 – The disbursement was posted to the next fiscal month.

The following are the steps to correct each instance:

Scenario 1

1. Void the disbursement from the Vendor's Activity tab.
   
2. This will trigger a Vendor-type JE, debiting the account credited in the original payment (probably checking) and crediting A/P.
3. The Bill may now be paid.

Scenario 2

1. Void the disbursement from the Vendor's Activity tab in the current year’s dataset.
   
2. In the current year’s dataset, create a Vendor-type JE, debiting the account credited in the original payment (probably checking) and crediting the Accounts Payable GL account.
3. The Bill may now be paid.

Scenario 3

1. Void the disbursement from the Vendor's Activity tab.
   
2. This will trigger a Vendor-type JE debiting the account credited in the original payment (probably checking) and crediting A/P.
3. Void the A/P Bill.
4. Re-enter the corrected A/P Bill.
5. The differences in expense amounts from the corrected A/P Bill will be contained in the current year, not the prior year.
6. The Bill may now be paid.

Scenario 4

1. Void the disbursement from the Vendor's Activity tab in the current year’s dataset.
   
2. In the current year’s dataset, create a Vendor-type JE, debiting the account credited in the original payment (probably checking) and crediting the Accounts Payable GL account.
3. Void the A/P Bill.
4. Re-enter the corrected A/P Bill.
5. The differences in expense amounts from the corrected A/P Bill will be contained in the current year, not the prior year.
6. The Bill may now be paid.

Scenario 5

1. At File / Open / Vendor, edit the Vendor and select the Activity tab.
2. Choose List under Payments. This will list the payments for the Vendor.
3. Highlight the check to be reversed and select Void.
   
4. When the Disbursement screen appears, select Void again.
   
5. A message will display stating the program cannot find the Journal Entry for that check. This is because the Journal Entry is a Future Journal Entry not yet posted to the General Ledger.
   
6. Proceed to G/L / Future Journal Entries and delete the corresponding Future Journal Entry.
   
7. Review and make sure the appropriate Future Journal Entry was selected then choose Delete.