# Back Dating Invoice on 20th of next month, to avoid vat delay
**URL:** https://zatca1.discourse.group/t/back-dating-invoice-on-20th-of-next-month-to-avoid-vat-delay/10721
**Category:** Clearance and Reporting
**Created:** [August 16, 2026, 1:30pm UTC](https://zatca1.discourse.group/t/back-dating-invoice-on-20th-of-next-month-to-avoid-vat-delay/10721 "2026-08-16T13:30:43Z")
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### Author:  [@A.v1984](https://zatca1.discourse.group/u/A.v1984)
#### Post date: [August 16, 2026, 1:30pm UTC](https://zatca1.discourse.group/t/back-dating-invoice-on-20th-of-next-month-to-avoid-vat-delay/10721/1 "2026-08-16T13:30:43Z")
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.
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### Author:  [@SP\_Embro](https://zatca1.discourse.group/u/SP_Embro)
#### Post date: [August 17, 2026, 9:43am UTC](https://zatca1.discourse.group/t/back-dating-invoice-on-20th-of-next-month-to-avoid-vat-delay/10721/2 "2026-08-17T09:43:41Z")
Invoice date is Today date only
Delivery date can be changed only