I would have thought if the client received the statement, they wouldnt pay too much attention to the date, so long as the statement balance was correct.
Here is route you could propose to your boss...
Post a journal into Sage dated 30.04.13 for the net invoice value, which will be billed out on 01.05.13 (credit sales, debit other debtors)
Process invoices dated 01.05.13
Post a reverse journal dated 01.05.13. (debit sales, credit other debtors)
This would make the April profit and loss correct for your boss, and solve your statement issues.
Do not include VAT in the journals - this will just make things messy and isnt necessary.
-- Edited by FoxAccountancyServices on Thursday 9th of May 2013 12:24:55 PM
I recently started new job and invoicing process we've got in place is something I never came across before.
For example We raise invoices at the beggining of May for services provided in April. Invoice date sent to client is 1st of May. Then we enter batched invoices onto Sage with the date 30th of April to match sales with relevant period. This creates 2 problems: When I send statements to clients invoices listed have different date than invoces actually sent to them. Also my boss is reluctant to raising invoices directly from Sage because sales would recorded in wrong period (in this case in May instead of April)
Don't think this is correct process, but don't know how to go around this. Would appreciate your advice.
