Create A/P Credit Memo

Create an A/P Credit Memo to reduce a vendor liability or record a vendor credit. The form supports standalone entry, copy-from-invoice, and copy-from-commerce return flows.

Accessing the Page

From A/P Credit Memos, click New Credit Memo, or navigate directly to /finance/ap/credit-memos/new.

Source flows use:

Source	Route pattern	Result
A/P Invoice	/finance/ap/credit-memos/new?fromInvoice=:id	Locks vendor/currency and opens an invoice-line picker
Vendor Return / Goods Return	/finance/ap/credit-memos/new?fromCommerce=...&docId=...	Copies the commerce source and opens a return-line picker

Form Areas

Area	Description
Header	Vendor, document date, due date, contact, addresses, currency, reference
Lines	Credited items, quantities, warehouses, tax categories, prices, discounts, and source-line references
Footer	Optional payment terms, required price list, remarks, and totals

Validation Rules

Rule	Behavior
Vendor required	Required before submit
Price list required	Required before submit
At least one line	Empty credit memos cannot be submitted
Quantity > 0	Required for every line
Source quantity	Source-linked lines cannot exceed remaining creditable quantity
Tax category and warehouse	Required per line

Related Pages

• A/P Credit Memos — List and workflow reference
• A/P Credit Memo Detail — View and post a credit memo
• Edit A/P Credit Memo — Update a Draft credit memo
• A/P Invoices — Invoice source for credits
• Vendor Returns — Commerce source for credits
• Goods Returns — Commerce source for credits