Correction Button

[christian-eriksson]

In addition to the "Revert" or "Void" buttons (both of which mean "undo"), this proposes a "Correct" button This button would take the current transaction, negate all the lines, but doesn't block the new correcting transaction from being edited. This allows any correction that should be done, like changing the account used or amount recorded to be added on a new line. The result would be a correction transaction which negates the previous transaction and records the new correct lines in the same transaction.

The negated lines should not be editable, any notes about the correction would be done in the description (or notes fields if that suits the user better). But new lines should be allowed to be added. Any other field in the correction transaction should be editable.

The new correcting transaction should be linked to the old corrected transaction and the other way around, as with the reverted/voided transactions.

This would solve the issue where one is obligated (by law or policy) to make the full correction discoverable for auditing. Discoverable, in this case, would mean that an auditor could see on the corrected transaction that it has been corrected and find all the transactions related to that entry. Currently one needs to manually create such a transaction or keep a side registry of all the
corrections made and the transactions involved. The revert/void functionality does not suffice as the the chain of references ends after the voided transaction and one cannot, by simply examining the original or voiding transaction, find the transaction with the correct lines.

This would be useful both for GL and AR/AP transactions as well as invoices (for correcting stock levels).