# Do Not Update Previous Year Closing Stock in case Previous Year Challan is Retrieved in Current Year
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## How to Stop Previous Year Closing Stock Update When Old Challan is Retrieved in Current Year?
This tutorial explains how to **restrict automatic updates to the previous year’s stock** when a **Challan from a previous financial year is retrieved and used in the current financial year.**
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### **Default Behavior (Without Restriction)**
* A **Challan** is created in the **previous financial year** for a quantity of 7.
* The **closing stock** reflects the issue, e.g., **stock = 3**.
* You perform **book closing** and log into the **current financial year**.
* A new **Sale Bill** is created using the **Retrieve Challan** option to bring in the previous year’s Challan.
* After saving the bill, if you log back into the **previous financial year** and check the stock report:
* The stock incorrectly shows **restored to 10**, as if the Challan wasn’t transacted.
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### **Enable Stock Restriction Setting**
To prevent this unintended stock update in the previous year:
* **Open** Logic Admin.
* Go to **Global Settings**.
* Navigate to the **Sales Settings 2** section.
* Enable the setting:
> **"Do Not Update Previous Year Closing Stock in case Previous Year Challan is Retrieved in Current Year"**
* Click **Save** and **Restart** the software for the setting to apply.
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## **After Enabling the Setting – Updated Process**
Let’s test the feature after enabling the restriction:
* A **Challan** is created in the **previous year** for a quantity of 5.
* The **closing stock** shows as **5** (correct).
* Log into the **current financial year**.
* Open a **new sale bill** and retrieve the Challan from the previous year.
* Save the transaction.
* Log back into the **previous year**, open the stock report.
### **Result:**
* The **stock remains 5**.
* The **previous year’s closing stock is not altered**, even though the Challan was used in the current year.
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### **Benefits of This Feature**
| Benefit | Description |
| -------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Stock Integrity | Ensures historical stock data remains unchanged. |
| Accurate Audit Trail | Financial year boundaries are respected for compliance. |
| Simplified Reporting | Prevents confusion during year-end audits and reconciliations. |
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### **Best Practices**
* Always enable this feature **before starting operations in the new financial year**.
* Clearly communicate to users that retrieving past year Challans will not impact last year’s stock.
* Run reconciliation reports after enabling this setting to confirm behavior.
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