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Create a credit note

Issue a credit note to adjust the amount of a finalized invoice. A credit note will first reduce the invoice’s amount_remaining (and amount_due), but not below zero. This amount is indicated by the credit note’s pre_payment_amount. The excess amount is indicated by post_payment_amount, and it can result in any combination of the following:

  • Refunds: create a new refund (using refund_amount) or link existing refunds (using refunds).
  • Customer balance credit: credit the customer’s balance (using credit_amount) which will be automatically applied to their next invoice when it’s finalized.
  • Outside of Stripe credit: record the amount that is or will be credited outside of Stripe (using out_of_band_amount).

The sum of refunds, customer balance credits, and outside of Stripe credits must equal the post_payment_amount.

You may issue multiple credit notes for an invoice. Each credit note may increment the invoice’s pre_payment_credit_notes_amount, post_payment_credit_notes_amount, or both, depending on the invoice’s amount_remaining at the time of credit note creation.

post/v1/credit_notes

Response

Successful response.

amountinteger required

The integer amount in cents (or local equivalent) representing the total amount of the credit note, including tax.

amount_shippinginteger required

This is the sum of all the shipping amounts.

createdinteger required

Time at which the object was created. Measured in seconds since the Unix epoch.

currencystring currency required

Three-letter ISO currency code, in lowercase. Must be a supported currency.

discount_amountinteger required

The integer amount in cents (or local equivalent) representing the total amount of discount that was credited.

effective_atinteger nullable

The date when this credit note is in effect. Same as created unless overwritten. When defined, this value replaces the system-generated 'Date of issue' printed on the credit note PDF.

idstring required

Unique identifier for the object.

livemodeboolean required

Has the value true if the object exists in live mode or the value false if the object exists in test mode.

memostring nullable

Customer-facing text that appears on the credit note PDF.

metadataobject nullable

Set of key-value pairs that you can attach to an object. This can be useful for storing additional information about the object in a structured format.

numberstring required

A unique number that identifies this particular credit note and appears on the PDF of the credit note and its associated invoice.

object'credit_note' required

String representing the object's type. Objects of the same type share the same value.

out_of_band_amountinteger nullable

Amount that was credited outside of Stripe.

pdfstring required

The link to download the PDF of the credit note.

post_payment_amountinteger required

The amount of the credit note that was refunded to the customer, credited to the customer's balance, credited outside of Stripe, or any combination thereof.

pre_payment_amountinteger required

The amount of the credit note by which the invoice's amount_remaining and amount_due were reduced.

reason'duplicate' | 'fraudulent' | 'order_change' | 'product_unsatisfactory' nullable

Reason for issuing this credit note, one of duplicate, fraudulent, order_change, or product_unsatisfactory

status'issued' | 'void' required

Status of this credit note, one of issued or void. Learn more about voiding credit notes.

subtotalinteger required

The integer amount in cents (or local equivalent) representing the amount of the credit note, excluding exclusive tax and invoice level discounts.

subtotal_excluding_taxinteger nullable

The integer amount in cents (or local equivalent) representing the amount of the credit note, excluding all tax and invoice level discounts.

totalinteger required

The integer amount in cents (or local equivalent) representing the total amount of the credit note, including tax and all discount.

total_excluding_taxinteger nullable

The integer amount in cents (or local equivalent) representing the total amount of the credit note, excluding tax, but including discounts.

type'mixed' | 'post_payment' | 'pre_payment' required

Type of this credit note, one of pre_payment or post_payment. A pre_payment credit note means it was issued when the invoice was open. A post_payment credit note means it was issued when the invoice was paid.

voided_atinteger nullable

The time that the credit note was voided.

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