Back Dating Invoice on 20th of next month, to avoid vat delay

Dear ZATCA Team (@Ankit.K.Tiwari )

My question is if sales occured on 1st jan-2026 and all approvals are for the same day for B2B case. However due to administrative reasons such invoice could not be created dated 1st jan-2026 by 16th Feb-2026. But the accountant still wants to pay the vat in its correct month i.e. jan-2026. So can the accountant issue vat invoice back dated 1st jan-2026 on 16 or 18th Feb-2026. so that the invoice could be included in Jan-2026 VAT return. As the accountant also wants to match the E-invoices approved in january-2026 in fatoora portal record with the vat return of January-2026.