Question
Reversing a bill payment that has already been reconciled
At the end of April, I issued a $5000 bill payment through bill.com to a vender as part of the payment of a larger bill and recorded the expense in QB towards the bill. Then the vendor called and asked that we cancel the payment and issue it through a different service because of issues on their end with bill.com. I voided the payment on bill.com, and when the voided amount was returned to our bank account, I recorded a deposit for the return of the voided payment with a note in the memo about the void. I then reissued the payment through Quickbooks, recorded the payment, and soon after, we closed out April's books.
Unfortunately, I have since realized my error. I have limited experience so far using bill payments in QB, and I now know that recording the deposit as a "payment" from the vendor didn't reverse the $5000 dollar payment towards the bill, and now the bill lists the remaining balance as $5000 lower than what is actually owed. Since the bill payment and deposit have already been reconciled (and matched against entries on my bank statement), I don't want to just void or delete them, unless that the way it needs to be handled.
What is the best way to go about correcting the bill amount without messing up any other balances that have already been reconciled? I appreciate any advice you can give, thank you!
I have already contacted my accountant; he suggested looking for a fix, and said that if there are any quick fixes available, he can suggest an entry for May when we close out the books, so I wanted to reach out here first.
