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Lesson 1. Company Information in Free Accounting
Lesson 2. Create a Vendor in Free Accounting
Lesson 3. Create an Item in Free Accounting
Lesson 4. Purchase an Item in Free Accounting
Lesson 5. Create Purchase Order Receipt in Free Accounting
Lesson 6. Make Payment to the Vendor in Free Accounting
Lesson 7. Vendor Pay Bills in Free Accounting
Lesson 8. Create a Customer in Free Accounting
Lesson 9. Create a Sales Order in Free Accounting
Lesson 10. Create an Invoice in Free Accounting
Lesson 11. Receive Payment form the Customer in Free Accounting
Lesson 12. Reconcile Payment with Charge in Free Accounting
Lesson 13. Customer SO Return in Free Accounting
Lesson 14. Create Credit Memo in Free Accounting
Lesson 15. Vendor PO Return in Free Accounting
Lesson 16. Create Return PO Receipt in Free Accounting
Lesson 17. View Reports in Free Accounting
Lesson 18. Bank Reconciliation in Free Accounting
Lesson 19. Trial Balance in Free Accounting
Free Accounting Credit Memo List
For creating of a Credit Memo in Free Accounting the Sales Order Return for a specified Customer is required.
If you want to open this window you should select it from the Navigation pane by pressing the button , then go to the Documents Folder and go to Sales Documents and select the appropriate icon from the Company menu.
There is one more way of selecting this window. You can open it with the help of the main toolbar in Free Accounting. Click on Company, then select Documents from the drop-down list, and then select Credit Memo List from the other drop-down list.

To create a new Credit Memo in the Free Accounting application:

  1. Right click in the working window and select Add
  2. .



  3. In the Select Source Document window select from the drop-down list the Customer you want to create Credit Memo for.
  4. From the list of the Return SOs that were made for this Customer select the one you want to create a credit memo for.
  5. Enter the required information into the new document.




    • Bill To - The name of the Customer who is giving the items back.
      Customer Address - The Customer's receiving address as a Billing Record.
      Ship To - The name of the Customer's Shipping Record.
      Ship To Address - The Ship To address of your Company where the items are shipped.
      Credit memo number - The Credit Memo number in the Free Accounting system.
      Date - The date the return was made. By default the value of this field is a today's date. It can be changed manually.
      Terms - The Customer's payment terms are set on the Customer's record.
      Ship Via - The way of delivery is set on the Customer's record, you can change it manually for this document.

  6. Check the information about the item in the following fields:


    • Item - The name of the item being returned.
      Item Description - Additional information about the item being returned.
      Reason - The reason why the item is being returned.
      Returning - The quantity of the items being returned.
      Returned - The quantity of the items already returned for the current sales order.
      Quantity - The quantity of the items according to the sales order. It can be changed in this field. Several returns can be made for one sales order.
      UOM - The unit of measure that the item is being ordered in.
      Price - The price of the item being returned.
    Gross Total - Shows the amount for return plus Total tax amount.

  7. Save and finalize the current document using Toolbar.

After the approval the following transactions will appear in the Master Transaction Ledger:

  • Return of Goods from Customer;
  • Sales Tax Return;
  • Undelivery of Goods from Customer.


  • After the approval of the Credit Memo the inventory list changes according to the qty received back.

    For the information about the right click function of the Credit Memo List window see the Right Click Function window.
    See also:
    Free Accounting Company
    Free Accounting Customers

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