Hi, I’m just writing in my income from last year and I went to put it “marked as paid” but it keeps going onto this year, how do I change that?

Hello, macaulaygreencoa.

QuickBooks Self-Employed (QBSE) follows the date on when you marked the invoice as paid. This is the reason why it keeps going back onto this year. We're unable to change it at this time. The invoicing feature is for recording purposes only. 

The invoices don't impact your tax calculations. You'll want to leave it as paid for this year, then you can send a receipt to your client as an option. That way, they'll know that they have successfully paid for it. 

Here's how: 

1. Go to the Invoices menu in the left panel. 
2. Under the Action column, click the "down" arrow.
3. Select Send receipt.
4. Review the recipient's details, then click Send. 

QBSE reports your income based on the categorised transactions in the Transactions tab. Here's an article that you can read if you need help categorising or adding income or expenses: Manually add transactions in QuickBooks Self-Employed.

Although, it would be extra helpful if you could change the paid date for your invoices. I'll take this a feedback request and send it over to our developers. They'll evaluate this and consider it for future updates. 

You can browser our articles for QBSE if you need help on other tasks. 

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