Credit Notes

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Overview

Credit Notes allow you to issue a formal document reducing the amount a customer owes. They are typically used for refunds, returned goods, billing errors, or agreed-upon discounts after an invoice has been issued.

Accessing Credit Notes

Navigate to Account > Money In and access Credit Notes through the invoices section, or navigate directly to the Credit Notes page.


Credit Notes Dashboard

The analysis panel displays 4 key metrics:

Metric Colour Description
All Credit Notes Default Total value of all credit notes
Sent Credit Notes Green Total value of sent credit notes
Draft Credit Notes Yellow Total value of draft credit notes
Total Count Blue Number of credit notes created this month

Create Credit Note

How to Create a Credit Note

  1. Click the Create Credit Note button.
  2. Complete the credit note form.

Form Fields

Header Information

Field Required Description
Credit Note ID Yes Auto-generated unique identifier
Client Yes Select the customer from dropdown
Date Yes Date of the credit note
Currency Yes Select the currency
Template No Select design template

Line Items

Field Description
Product Searchable product/service dropdown
Ledger Account Chart of accounts mapping
Quantity Number of units
Price Unit price
Tax/VAT Tax rate to apply
Discount Discount per line item
Amount Auto-calculated line total
Net Auto-calculated net amount

To add a line item: Click the Add Item button. To remove a line item: Click the delete icon.

Notes & Terms

Field Description
Note Reason for the credit note
Term Credit note terms
  1. Click Save to create the credit note.

View Credit Note

Credit Note Detail Page

Click on a credit note to view its details.

Header Section

  • Credit Note number and icon
  • Credit date
  • Action buttons: Edit, Resend, Print

Body Sections

  • Client information
  • Line items table with quantities, prices, taxes, and totals
  • Summary: Subtotal, VAT, Discount, Final Amount
  • Notes and Terms

Credit Note Status Badges

Status Colour Description
Draft Yellow Credit note created but not sent
Sent Green Credit note emailed to customer

Actions

Edit Credit Note

  1. Click the Edit button (pencil icon) on the detail page.
  2. Modify the necessary fields.
  3. Save changes.

Resend Credit Note

  1. Click the Resend button (paper airplane icon) on the detail page.
  2. The credit note will be emailed to the customer.
  3. Status updates to Sent if currently in Draft.

Print/Download Credit Note

  1. Click the Print button (printer icon).
  2. The credit note will be downloaded as a PDF.

Delete Credit Note

  1. From the credit notes list, select Delete from the actions menu.
  2. Confirm the deletion.

Bulk Delete

  1. Select multiple credit notes using checkboxes.
  2. Click the Delete Selected bulk action.
  3. Confirm the deletion.

Export Credit Notes

Format Description
Excel Export selected or all credit notes as .xlsx
PDF Export as PDF document
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