Allow Editing of the Payment Date - System Option

>Utilities>System Options>Order Entry>Order Entry 

Category Authorization

Type- Can be Global, Assigned, or User

 With this option set to Yes, the date on the Post Payment screen can be changed.

A.)  However, the date cannot be posted prior to the order date and into a closed period (journal closed).

B.)  This is helpful to have turned OFF if salespeople are allowed to post payments to their own orders. This way all payments are posted as of the day they are received and all deposits to the bank match what was received.

However, it is a good idea to allow the bookkeeping department to have this option ON, to provide them with the flexibility of posting payments back into previous dates that should have incurred them.  This way the bank deposits, again, actually match the physical taken to the bank or batched out of the Hypercom