You cannot import or enter invoices in a future period.

You can import/enter invoices in future periods, pay and create accounting entries for them.

You can change this number to the maximum number of future periods you want to allow in Payables.

You can import/enter invoices in future periods but you cannot pay or create accounting entries for them.

The first time you enter this field, Payables defaults the number of future periods you use in your Ledger as a default.

Payables uses this value to limit the number of future periods you can maintain in the Control Payables Periods window.

After you change the status of a future period to Open, you can change it back to Future only if you did not create any transactions in that period.