Sales > Customer credits > Settling credits
Apply the credit to an open invoice. Applying the credit to one or more of the customer’s open invoices reduces the amount the customer owes you.
Record a refund. If the customer does not have any open invoices, you can record a refund payment for the amount of the customer credit.
Settle Shopify Refund. If you have already issued a refund or credit via your web store, you will settle the refund to keep your company file data accurate.
To apply a customer credit to an open invoice
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Go to the Sales command center and click Sales Register. The Sales Register window appears.
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Click the Returns & Credits tab then select the Returns & Credits view. A list of customer credits appears.
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If the credit you want to settle does not appear, select Customer from the Search By list to display a credit for a particular customer. Type or select the customer’s name in the adjacent field. A list of credits for that customer appears.
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Select the credit you want to apply and click Apply to Sale. The Settle Returns & Credits window appears, listing all open invoices assigned to the customer.
If the Apply Customer Payments Automatically to Oldest Invoice First preference is set, amounts will appear next to the oldest invoices in the Amount Applied column. However, you can apply the credit amount to any one transaction or you can divide it among many transactions in the list. Note that the total amount you apply in the Amount Applied column must equal the amount that appears in the Credit Amount field.
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Click Record to apply the credit.
To record a refund payment
1
Go to the Sales command center and click Sales Register. The Sales Register window appears.
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Click the Returns & Credits tab then select the Returns & Credits view. A list of customer credits appears.
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If the credit you want to settle does not appear, select Customer from the Search By list. Type or select the customer’s name in the adjacent field and then press Tab. A list of credits for that customer appears.
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Select the credit you want to refund and click Pay Refund. A refund check for the amount of the credit appears in the Settle Returns & Credits window.
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Select the credit card in the Payment Method field.
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Click Details.
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Click Authorize to submit the credit card payment for authorization via the Merchant Account Service.
When the payment transaction is finalized, the Settle Returns & Credits window reappears. For more information, see Credit card payments using Merchant Account Service.
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Click Record.
To settle a refund from your web store
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If a refund that was created in your web store is not listed, go to the Setup menu and click Web Store. In the Web Store Setup window click the Sync Options tab and click Sync to sync data from your web store with your company file.
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Select the refund you want to settle then click Settle Shopify Refund. A credit memo appears.
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Click Record.

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