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How to handle credit notes with QuickBooks Online

Manage accounts for sales order returns with credit notes.

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Written by Dayvid Lorbiecke
Updated over 2 weeks ago

Credit notes for returns help ensure that your accounting stays accurate across the board.

You can create credit notes for all approved return orders. These notes document and process customer refunds in your accounting system.

When refunding a sales order (SO), you can either Refund some or Refund all.


Refunding a sales order

Refund all

If the entire SO order is being refunded:

  • Open the return in Katana.

  • Select Refund all from the dropdown menu at the top.

    Choosing to refund all of a sales order then sends all items of the SO to QuickBooks as a credit note

This action will:

  • Automatically include all items from the return in the credit note.

  • Send the credit note to QuickBooks Online.

  • Mark all items as refunded under the Refunded section in Katana.

Refund some

If only part of the sales order is being refunded:

  • Open the return in Katana.

  • Select Refund some from the dropdown menu.

  • Choose the specific items to refund.

    On a return, you can choose specific items from the original SO and just return those

This action will:

  • Create a credit note in QuickBooks Online for the selected items.

  • Mark the selected items as refunded under the Refunded section in Katana.

In cases of partial refunds, Katana will display two tables within the return:

  • Not refunded: Items that have not been refunded.

  • Refunded: Items that have been refunded.

    A return showing both Partially refunded and Returned statuses

Example of a credit note in QuickBooks Online

How a credit note looks inside of QuickBooks Online

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