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How do I void a check?

Describes how to void and reissue a check.

You will need the Full Write Accounting permission to perform this action. If your account has more than one organization, Print Checks works in one organization's books at a time, chosen in the Accounting for: strip, and the void and the replacement check stay in the check's organization.

Voiding a check is the process to follow when a mistake has been made while issuing a check. It cancels the original transaction and renders the check null and void, so that the correct amount is reflected in the account and your transaction history stays accurate.

One Church Software has a built-in Void and reissue action that voids the original check and queues a replacement in one step.

There are two steps to voiding a check: locate the check, then void and reissue it.


Locate the check

Go to Accounting > Print Checks in the left-hand navigation. At the top of the Queue tab, choose the Register the check was written from (for example, 1000 - Checking).

Click Filter and set Pending print? to No to show checks that have already been printed. You can also narrow the list by Check #, Payee, or Memo/Description.

Print Checks Queue tab filtered to printed checks

Void and reissue the check

Select the check you want to void, then choose Void and reissue from the 3-dots menu on its row or from Bulk Actions. Confirm in the dialog that appears. This voids the original check and adds a replacement to the print queue, ready to be printed again, so you do not need to re-create the check manually.

Void and reissue in the check's 3-dots menu
Confirmation dialog for Void and reissue

The reissued check appears in the print queue, ready to print. See How do I print checks from the queue? for details. If your account has more than one organization, the replacement takes the next check number of the check's organization when it is printed.

To see how a voided check and its reversing entries relate, open the check in its register and select Visualize. See the Viewing void history section of How do I work with account registers?

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