Credit Memos in NetSuite and their financial impact

Customer Credit Memos

A credit memo is a transaction that decreases the amount a customer owes you.

  • You can use a credit memo to reverse a charge you billed to a customer. For example, a customer returns part of an order after you’ve issued an invoice. Enter a credit memo to decrease the amount of this open invoice.
  • If a customer receives a credit memo after having paid an invoice, this memo can be applied to any of the customer’s open or future invoices.
  • A credit memo created from a return authorization has no impact on inventory; however, a stand-alone credit memo does impact inventory.
  • To use credit memos, you must maintain customer balances using the A/R (Accounts Receivable) feature. An administrator can enable this feature at Setup > Company > Setup Tasks > Enable Features (Administrator).
  • To enter a credit memo, go to Transactions > Customers > Issue Credit Memos (Administrator).

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