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I'll share the steps on how you can process a customer refund, @userimripersiado.
You'll want to record the customer refund first by creating an expense or check. Then, link the refund to a customer's overpayment. Let me guide you how.
To record the customer refund:
- Go to + New. Then, select Expense or Check.
- Choose the customer you want to refund from the Payee drop-down.
- Select the bank account to where you deposited the overpayment.
- On the first line of the Category column, select Accounts Receivable.
- Enter how much you want to refund in the Amount field.
- Click Save and close.
After that, follow these steps to link the refund to a customer's overpayment. Here's how:
- Go to + New.
- Choose Receive payment.
- Select the same customer you used for the check or expense when recording the refund.
- Under the Outstanding Transaction section, mark the checkbox for the Expense or Check you created when recording the refund.
- Make sure the payment is equal to the open balance, then click Save and close. See the image below.
Learn more about this process in this article: Record a customer refund in QuickBooks Online.
That's all there is to it. If you need help with other customer-related tasks, browse this link here to go to our general topics with articles.
Drop your comment below if you still have questions or concerns with customer refunds. I'm always here to help. Take care and have a great weekend.
I'll share the steps on how you can process a customer refund, @userimripersiado.
You'll want to record the customer refund first by creating an expense or check. Then, link the refund to a customer's overpayment. Let me guide you how.
To record the customer refund:
- Go to + New. Then, select Expense or Check.
- Choose the customer you want to refund from the Payee drop-down.
- Select the bank account to where you deposited the overpayment.
- On the first line of the Category column, select Accounts Receivable.
- Enter how much you want to refund in the Amount field.
- Click Save and close.
After that, follow these steps to link the refund to a customer's overpayment. Here's how:
- Go to + New.
- Choose Receive payment.
- Select the same customer you used for the check or expense when recording the refund.
- Under the Outstanding Transaction section, mark the checkbox for the Expense or Check you created when recording the refund.
- Make sure the payment is equal to the open balance, then click Save and close. See the image below.
Learn more about this process in this article: Record a customer refund in QuickBooks Online.
That's all there is to it. If you need help with other customer-related tasks, browse this link here to go to our general topics with articles.
Drop your comment below if you still have questions or concerns with customer refunds. I'm always here to help. Take care and have a great weekend.
Thank you for your kind reply.
When trying to link the expense to the receive payment, I'm getting an error and I don't see the expense\check under "outstanding transactions".
Please see below:
Thanks for getting back with the Community about this, userimripersiado.
When recording refunds, you'll want to use your Refund From ▼ drop-down list to choose the bank account you deposited your payment into.
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