Payment needs to be done for a pre approved invoice

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Payment needs to be done for a pre approved invoice 

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A scenario of payment needs to be done for a pre approved invoice after 2+ years. Customer needs to have this invoice in the latest approval path and do the payment.

What would be the best practice to follow in this scenario?

Will creating a credit note applied with the invice and create a new invoice and process the payment will be okay?

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