We deleted draft invoices incorrectly posted to our sales ledger and now the new invoice numbers do not follow on.
It’s as if the deleted draft invoice numbers are still retained on the sales ledger.
That’s correct. You can’t create a new invoice with the same number to maintain an audit trail that’s created for HMRC
@Glenn’s post here explains the reasoning:
http://community.quickfile.co.uk/t/why-isnt-it-possible-to-permanently-delete-purchase-invoices/5577/2?u=qfsupport