Perfect, thank you. That makes sense and I'm assuming we could get some general sense of how frequently this happens based on the number of "check number" possibilities and volume of checks being processed. We appreciate the additional information and I would encourage any other users who encounter this to chime in and vote on the idea!

We would get written permission from Finance executives to do this, and document it some way in the account.  These numbers were used 18 years ago, so auditors wouldn't even notice.  I wouldn't think we would ever use it unless it was quite a time span.  At some point, we'll all want to "start over" with check numbers if we stay with the same bank.

Thanks, Meredith! Appreciate the additional feedback. If we allowed users to re-use check numbers, do you have any feedback on how you think this might affect your audit process or internal controls?

Voiding and purging removes them entirely from the system.  Not an option for us.

Once a check is reconciled, you can't renumber it, but thanks.

Renumbering checks could definitely be an option.  For example if you were wanting to reuse check 1234, you could renumber to 99991234 (or another number you feel strongly you'd never use).  The other option depending on how far back you need to maintain the history of these checks would be to void and then purge them. 

Would using the "Renumber" payments option help?