Credit note

A new document that reduces or cancels an invoice without editing the invoice that was already issued.

“credit memo”“negative invoice”“reverse part of an invoice”“fix an invoice after it was sent”“cancel an issued invoice”“reduce what the customer owes”“invoice adjustment document”“credti note”

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What it is

Once an invoice is final, fix an overcharge with a credit note instead of editing history. The new document points back to the original invoice and records the lines, tax, or amount being reduced or cancelled.

Use one for a returned item, a pricing correction, a cancelled service, or any approved reduction after an invoice is final. It gives the customer and both ledgers a matching paper trail.

Gotcha: a credit note changes what is owed, but it does not necessarily send money. If the invoice was already paid, separately decide whether to refund the payment or leave a customer credit, and link that action to the credit note.

Ask AI for it

Add immutable credit notes with the Stripe Credit Notes API. Let an operator select a finalized Stripe Invoice, choose full or line-level credit, enter a reason, and create a numbered credit note that reverses the matching subtotal and tax amounts. Recompute the amount due from issued documents, keep a complete audit trail, prevent credits above the remaining eligible amount, and make refunding an already paid balance a separate Stripe Refund linked to the credit note.

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