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DanBu
Level 3

Accounting for a credit card refund (partial payment on invoice)

A customer is making payments by credit card on an invoice, let's say $100 Invoice and they are making $10 payments each month. Customer uses the "wrong" credit card for a payment and asks for a refund so they can pay the $10 that month with a different card. 

 

I called Merchant Services and they walked me through a refund of the charge on the Merchant Services platform of $10. That was successful to get the money back to the customer. However, nothing is reflected in QB. 

 

I tried to use the Refund/Credit Memo function and adjusted the amount to $10 and gave the excess as a refund to customer and Unchecked the "process payment" option. It is visible on the customer account records, but is not linked to the invoice (i.e. the invoice does not reflect that we refunded $10 to the customer). Also, this process returned this item to inventory, which is not accurate. 

 

Has anyone else accounted for a partial refund to customer that will be reflected on the invoice successfully?

 

Many Thanks,

DanBu

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MorganB
Content Leader

Accounting for a credit card refund (partial payment on invoice)

Hi there, DanBu.

 

Thanks for bringing your question forward here in the Community. I'm happy to lend a hand with this partial refund in your QuickBooks Desktop account.

 

It sounds like you're on the right track with the refund and credit, however there a couple of things that will help this situation reflect accurately in your books. A bit of a workaround to avoid QuickBooks returning the item to inventory would be to create a non-inventory item called "Refund" and use that when issuing the credit.

 

Additionally, the credit would need to be applied to the original payment and that will then link the credit to the invoice.

 

The following article provides more details about giving your customer a credit or refund in QuickBooks Desktop.

 

It's always a good idea to consult your accountant before completing these types of actions in your QuickBooks account. Please feel free to drop a comment below if you have any other questions.

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