Yes. You can give an invoice an earlier date when you create it in Zoho Books. Save it as a draft, then mark it as sent so the amount and GST are posted to the right ledgers.

Applies to: Zoho Books – All clients

Before you start

• The invoice date can't fall in a locked period. Once a financial year has been closed (usually after the accounts have been reported), you can't add transactions to it.
• Avoid changing transactions in a period whose GST has already been reported to the ATO in a BAS.
• Check your opening balances. If you uploaded opening balances, this invoice may already be part of that upload, including its accounts receivable and GST ledger postings.

Important: To avoid counting the invoice twice, make sure the original invoice wasn't part of the opening balance upload. If it was, post a reversal of the original invoice and its GST and accounts receivable postings as a manual journal.

Steps

1. Create the invoice in Zoho Books.
2. Enter the date the invoice was originally sent as the invoice date.
3. Save the invoice as a draft.
4. On the right of the invoice, open the More menu and select Mark as Sent. This posts the invoice amount and GST to the Accounts Receivable and GST ledgers.
5. Match the payment you received against the invoice.