LCR, Entering prior year donations

[MurdockM]

Fin clerk here,

I am working remotely due to 2 Sundays of snow and Covid. I will need to talk/Zoom a newish Bishop and counselor (sometime this week) through entering prior year donations (2021) into LCR or MLS.
Entering the current year (2022) donations is straight forward. However, PrePandemic & in person I've never before needed to create a donation batch dated 31 Dec of the previous year in LCR.

By the time someone reads this you may have experience creating a 31 Dec prior year batch?

The last Sunday in Dec this year was the 26th. We can't simply enter the "postmarked in prior year" under that date as the postmarks
may be after the 26th yet before the end of the year. (Due to the snow, donations were not recorded on 26 Dec. So now we just click "26 Dec - no donations"? Then enter prior years all in a 31 Dec batch?)

(I did read the LCR help section re: prior year donations, and we do file the postmarked envelopes with the donation records.)

Thanks, Jan 2, 2022

[eblood66]

I haven't done a prior year batch in LCR but based on how it was done in MLS, I'm pretty sure you just start a batch with the Batch Date set to 12/31/2021 and then enter all donations received or postmarked before the end of the year in that batch.

[davesudweeks]

In the MLS days, you could enter as many 12/31 donation batches as needed. If checks were mailed just prior to the end of the year, they could show up over several weeks. Hopefully you can do the same with LCR.

[bsnahrwold79]

I have a donation that was intentionally post-dated to January 2nd for $[amount], so we entered it in 2022. The elderly donor made a mistake. They wanted it delayed to close to the end of 2021. This has already cleared. Is there any way to put this donation against 2021?

[Mikerowaved]

Since this is a public forum, let's keep the actual amounts hidden or hypothetical. Thanks.

[russellhltn]

I have a donation that was intentionally post-dated to January 2nd for $[amount], so we entered it in 2022. The elderly donor made a mistake. They wanted it delayed to close to the end of 2021. This has already cleared. Is there any way to put this donation against 2021?

I think you're going to have to contact Global Service Desk. That link doesn't seem to work for ward clerks, so you might ask the stake clerk.

And just to be clear, the donation has to have been handed in or at least postmarked 2021 to be entered for 2021. That's not just church policy but tax law. Either way, it doesn't affect their status as tithe payer.