Recording and Issuing Credit Memos
It is essentially an acknowledgment that the buyer is entitled to a reduction in the amount owed due to various reasons, such as returns, overpayments, or allowances for damaged goods. The seller should always review its open credit memos at the end of each reporting period to see if they can be linked to open accounts receivable. If this is allowed by the accounting software, it reduces the aggregate dollar amount of invoices outstanding, as well as to reduce...