Reconciling for upgrade from 5.5 to 5.6

[ramam1]

Hey folks,
I got some push back from my accountant - maybe you can shed some light for me. When dry running upgrade to 5.6 we got:

Description: Bank 1070, 120007, 120019, 120021, 120023, 120025, 120031, 120037, 120053, 120056, 120063, 120103, 120106, 120136 has outstanding returns. You must clear the returns and post the bank reconciliation before you can upgrade Bank Services.
Source:  07:52:51 - Bank Services 5.6A

I know from the docs that we have to clear all returns and post the reconciliation however my guy says:

The outstanding returns for the sub accounts you mentioned are for fiscal period 4, so I can't clear them yet.

and

However, the part of having outstanding returns, I do not know how to fix. I can't clear returns that belong to a future period because if not my reconciliation will not balance

What do you think?
thanks!

 

[ettienne]

Think about what?

 

[Jay Converse]

Tell him to let you know when he's done, then you can upgrade.

 

[ramam1]

I think his point is that because of the nature of our business / accounting practices we will always be in the position of having returns in future periods which he believes prevents him from posting a balanced reconciliation.
Are we missing something here?

 

[Jay Converse]

Tell him to hold off doing returns for a few weeks, he can catch up after the upgrade. There is no workaround.