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jmarvin1
Level 1

Credit Card Refunds in QB desktop

Hello QB,

I accidently over charged a client on their cc for $395 and their bill was $98. We process credit cards outside of QB. After doing the first credit memo of $199 (I wasn't paying attention)then another credit memo for $98.00 and following all of the credit memo steps. My customer balance is -$297.00 even though the refunds have been deposited into the correct undeposited funds deposit. The below is what is showing under all transactions for this customer:

 

Credit Memo 3 9/3/25  AR -98.00

Creditcard refund 3 9/3/25 UF -98.00

Credit Memo 2 8/24/25 AR - 199.00

Creditcard refund 2 8/07/25 UF -199.00

Invoice 4233 08/07/24 AR 98.00

Payment CC 08/07/24 UF 395.00

 

How do I clear out this account as it should be zero? For some strange reason QB is not recognizing the refunds... I've tried deleting & starting over same results. 

 

 

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AljhonC
QuickBooks Team

Credit Card Refunds in QB desktop

Thanks for the details and the initial steps you performed to zero out your customer's balance, jmarvin1.

 

I can see that you're using a credit memo, which is used to apply payment for future transactions. That's why whenever you create a credit card refund, it will offset the credit amount. Therefore, the balance of your customer is -297.

 

To fix your record, you need to delete both the Credit Memo and the Credit card refund -98 and -199, like you normally would. Since your invoice is 98 and the payment is 395, the system will automatically create a credit memo, increasing the customer's balance. To record the refund you made to your customer, use the Write check feature.

 

Here's how:

 

  1. Navigate to the Banking menu, then select Write check.


     
  2. Choose Account Receivable and the customer's name.
  3. To link them, create a Receive payment transaction and check the Apply credits (297) to zero out the customer's balance.
  4. Click on Done, then Save and close.


 

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