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Issuing a credit note with reference document (CN001)

Issue a document-based credit note

The process of issuing a credit note is to provide a debt reduction document to customers who have purchased goods or services from a business.

Note : The reference document can be either an invoice or a receipt.

There are 3 steps to issue a credit note are as follows:

  • Step 1: Go to the document that you want to use to be the reference.

  • Step 2: Specify the details of the reduce the debt.

  • Step 3: There are 2 different types of system account entry.

    • Type 1: Debt reduction from invoices that have not been paid yet, the system will record debt clearance.

    • Type 2: Debt reduction from documents that have already received payment, the system will provide options for selecting the payment method used to receive the payment.

Example: A business issues an invoice for the sale of 20 units of goods at a unit price of 1,500 baht each. Later, there are damaged goods that want to be deducted from the debt, along with a return of 5 units of goods from the customer at a unit price of 1,500 baht.

Step 1: Go to the "Invoice" menu > See All.

Select the invoice you want to reduce the debt.

Click on the "Options" button and select "Credit Note".

Step 2: Enter the document details.

  • Reference: The system will retrieve from the invoice number.

  • Document Number: PEAK will automatically generate the document number based on the configured format. You can modify the document number to the desired value if needed.

  • Classification Group: (For only Package PRO Plus)

    You can specify the category during document creation or or leave it unspecified.

    And then you can specify it retrospectively.

  • Pricing and tax setting

    • Issuing a credit note from the original document that must only be a credit note/tax invoice. For example, a credit note from an invoice/tax invoice. The system will issue a tax invoice as a credit note/tax invoice. It will not be able to edit to be the normal invoice.

    • Issuing a credit note from original documents, not invoices/tax invoices or receipts/tax invoices. The system will allow you to choose whether to issue a tax invoice or not. If you choose to not, the document will come out only as a normal credit note.

  • Specify Credit Note Infomation

    • Reason for issuing credit note : Specify the reason for the debt reduction.

    • Description of reason : The system will automatically generate a brief description based on the selected reason for the debt reduction. You can edit the description as required.

    • Reduce all debts? : There will be 2 options available for you to choose from for the transaction.

      • Option 1: "All debts", which means reducing debt for the entire document.

      • Option 2: "Partially", is means specifying the items that need to be

    • Did you receive more products : There will be 2 options available for you to choose from for the transaction.

      • Option 1: "Receive More Products", the stock quantity will increase.

      • Option 2: "Do Not Receive Product , the stock quantity will remain the same.

Step 3: Check the checkbox and enter the stock quantity returned. From the example, enter a quantity of 5 units at a unit price of 1,500.00 baht per unit.

From the example "Reducing debt from an unpaid invoice," the system will automatically check the debt reduction and record it as a deduction from the original invoice. If you have verified that the transaction is correct, you can click "Approve credit note" to finish the process.

Example accounting record.
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The stock quantity of the inventory will be automatically increased when there is a product return.

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