payroll posting to correct period

[jrw]

My company upgraded from PCA DOS to Complete 2003. In the old version, we could post a payroll run to one month, with the check date in the next. The only way to post March 16-31 payperiod to March (properly matching the expense to the correct period as management wants to see it) is to use a March 31 check date, when the payday is actually April 5 (we pay semi-monthly, 5th and 20th). This puts the pay run in the first quarter, when it's actually a second quarter payroll. I don't understand this 'by design' feature. Any thoughts on this issue? Thanks.

[dringstrom]

Actually, this is fairly common with most accounting packages...the DOS version is only one of few in my experience to offer that capability. The way that most folks resolve is to enter a reversing journal entry in the month of the expense.