Refunding an invoice

Refunding a fully paid invoice in Quicken for Mac (QMac) ensures your client receives their money back while maintaining accurate financial records. Quicken simplifies this process by allowing you to create a credit from the original invoice and decide how to handle that credit.

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1. Right-click on the invoice or open the Actions menu (three dots next to the invoice).

2. Select Create Credit from Invoice from the dropdown options.

3. Quicken will generate a credit equal to the total amount of the invoice, which will now be associated with the client.

Handling

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a client credit

After creating the credit, you can choose how to proceed based on the client's needs:

Refund the client

Follow these steps to process a refund:

1. Navigate to the Accounts Receivable (AR) account for the client (e.g., Client Invoices - [Client Name]).

2. Locate the credit or payment entry.

3. Right-click on

   either

   the

   Credit or Payment

   entry

   under the Invoices tab

   and select Issue Refund. This will open the Receive Payment/Refund window, where you can proceed with the refund.

4. Review the information in the Issue Refund window.

5. Click Save.

Refunds can be initiated from the Accounts Receivable (AR) account, the Client tab, or the Single Client View. Each of these areas includes an Issue Refund button that serves as an entry point for this process.

Keep the credit for future use:

1. Leave the credit in the client's account for future invoicing.

2. When creating the next invoice for this client, apply the available credit to reduce the total amount due.

How refunds appear in reports

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