Voiding an older check changes prior month's numbers

Hi, I'm Roger, an engineer here at Intuit working on QuickBooks.  This is just a quick note to let you know that, based on feedback here at this site, we are working on this problem:

> Voiding a check from a prior month alters the reports for reports back to that month

If you void a check from, say, 3 months ago, and it is not in a 'closed period', QuickBooks simply changes the amount on the check to zero and adds a comment to the check saying it was voided.

But, if you ran reports on that or subsequent months, the check amount was reflected in those reports.  After voiding, the same reports don't include the amount (because the amount is now zero), and so your reports are different than when you first printed them!

If the check had been in a 'closed period', then QuickBooks offers to post Journal Entries to balance out the period; the check amount is set to zero but a new entry is added to offset that, and an entry on the current date is added to reverse out the check, thus the net effect is the voided check doesn't 'throw off' the reports.

We are working on allowing these offsetting Journal Entries for prior month's checks that are not in a closed period.  I'll post again when I have more news.

Thank you for your feedback, you help us make the product better!

Roger