Using Business Importer, you can easily and fast import Credit Memos into QuickBooks Online.

How to import Credit Memos to QuickBooks Online: 5 steps

To import Credit Memos into QuickBooks Online, please, follow 5 simple steps:
1. Sign in to Business Importer and connect it to QuickBooks.
2. Go to Import tab. Upload your Excel file or paste the DropBox or Google.Drive link. Click on the Next button.

*Important Notes for your Credit Memos spreadsheets:

Customer – please, provide an existing Customer name. Or create a new one in QuickBooks Online.

Print status – select NotSet, NeedToPrint, PrintComplete.

E-mail status – select NotSet, NeedToSend*, EmailSent.

Sales item: Product Name – write an existin Product Name. Or use our Products autocreation funstion.

If NeedToSend, then a Bill e-mail is required.

3. Choose the list in your Excel, which contains Credit Memos you want to import into QuickBooks Online. Click on the Next button.
4. Select Company (you want to import to) and Entity (Credit Memos), and connect Provider’s labels to Your Labels. Press the Next button.

5. Review if the information is entered correctly and click on the Next button.

Your import is in process. Don’t wait until it’s done – you will be notified by e-mail.
See your Credit Memos import result in your e-mail or in Scheduled import tab. Or check it out at your QuickBooks Online account.

How-to Guide – How to import Credit Memos to QuickBooks Online

Here is a small How-to guide that will help you to prepare your Excel properly and create correct mapping:

QuickBooks Field	Business Importer Name	Description	Example
DocNumber	Reference number	Reference number for the transaction.	CRM-001
TxnDate	CreditMemo date	The date entered by the user when this transaction occurred. Default date format is dd-MM-yyyy. You can change it on Settings page.	09/20/2015
DepartmentRef	Location	Location of the transaction, as defined using location tracking in QuickBooks Online.
PrivateNote	PrivateNote	User entered, organization-private note about the transaction. This note does not appear on the credit memo. Maximum of 4000 characters.
TxnTaxDetail.TotalTax	Total tax	Total tax calculated for the transaction, excluding any tax lines manually inserted into the transaction line list.	1599.90
CustomerMemo	Customer memo	User-entered message to the customer; this message is visible to end user on their transactions.	Thank you for your business and have a great day!
CustomerRef	Customer	Name of customer. Please, provide its Display name, as soon as if it is different from the one you meant, invoice will be associated with another customer.	Sonnenschein Family Store
BillAddr (ShipAddr)	Billing address: Line 1 (Shipping address: Line 1)	First line of the address. Maximum of 500 chars.	12 Ocean Dr.
	Billing address: Line 2 (Shipping address: Line 2)	Second line of the address. Maximum of 500 chars.
	Billing address: Line 3 (Shipping address: Line 3)	Third line of the address. Maximum of 500 chars.
	Billing address: City (Shipping address: City)	City name. Maximum of 255 chars.	Half Moon Bay
	Billing address: Postal code (Shipping address: Postal code)	Postal code (zip code for USA and Canada). Maximum of 31 chars.	94213
	Billing address: Country (Shipping address: Country)	Country name. Maximum of 255 chars.	US
	Billing address: Region (Shipping address: Region)	Region within a country (state name for USA, province name for Canada). Maximum of 255 chars.	CA
ClassRef	Class	Name of the Class associated with the transaction. Please, provide only its name.	Payments
SalesTermRef	Sales term	Name of the sales Term associated with the transaction.
GlobalTaxCalculation	Global tax calculation	Method in which tax is applied. Allowed values are: TaxExcluded, TaxInclusive, and NotApplicable.	TaxExcluded
ApplyTaxAfterDiscount	Apply tax after discount	If false or null, calculate the sales tax first, and then apply the discount. If true, subtract the discount first and then calculate the sales tax. US versions of QuickBooks only.	true
BillEmail	Bill e-mail	Identifies the e-mail address where the invoice is sent. If EmailStatus is NeedToSend, Billing e-mail is required.	payments@intuit.com
PrintStatus	Print status	Printing status of the invoice. Valid values: NotSet, NeedToPrint, PrintComplete .	NotSet
EmailStatus	E-mail status	Email status of the invoice. Valid values: NotSet, NeedToSend, EmailSent	NotSet
Custom Field #	Custom Field # (Custom Field name)	Custom field based on order in your QuickBooks config.
	Update CreditMemo	If true app will find CreditMemo with same CreditMemo number and will update.	true
	Remaining credit	Indicates the total credit amount still available to apply towards the payment	13.25
Line	Line: Amount	The amount of the line item.	1599.50
	Line: Description	Free form text description of the line item that appears in the printed record.
	Sales item: Tax code	Name of the TaxCodefor this item. Please, provide only its name.	TAX
	Sales item: Class	Reference to the Class for the line item. Please, provide only its name	France
	Sales item: Product name	Name of an Item object. When a line lacks an ItemRef it is treated as documentation and the Line.Amountattribute is ignored. Please, provide only its name.	Office Supplies
	Sales item: Price level	Name of the PriceLevel of the service or item for the line. Please, provide only its name.
	Sales item: Unit price	Unit price of the subject item as referenced by ItemRef. Corresponds to the Rate column on the QuickBooks Online UI to specify either unit price, a discount, or a tax rate for item. If used for unit price, the monetary value of the service or product, as expressed in the home currency. You can override the unit price of the subject item by supplying a new value with create or update operations.	1599.50
	Sales item: Quantity	Number of items for the line.	10
	Sales item: Service date	Date when the service is performed. Default date format is dd-MM-yyyy. You can change it on Settings page.	09/20/2015
	Discount: Amount	Amount of the discount.	1599.50
CurrencyRef	Currency	Values: USD, AUD, EUR, CAD, etc.	EUR
ExchangeRate	Exchange Rate	Specify it in case Transfer is done not in your home currency. Decimal like 1.23	1.7
TransactionLocationType	Transaction Location Type	For France only. The account location. Valid values include:WithinFrance(default) FranceOverseas OutsideFranceWithEU OutsideEU	FranceOverseas

Check out the Credit Memos import results

There are 5 types of import results.

Errors in the Credit Memos import

The most common errors and the ways to solve them.
There are 5 the most common errors made by our clients when they import Credit Memos into QuickBooks online. To prevent this happening, we have reviewed all of them and given solutions below.

 

Problem	Error occurs	Solution	Correct example
Wrong date format is used.	WARNING Error parsing date 01-14-2015: Expected format currently MM/dd/yyyy, but you can change it on your profile page.	Change date format to MM/dd/yyyy.	01/14/2015
No Customer in your QuickBooks Online account	ERROR CreditMemo CRM-001: Customer with DisplayName = “Cool Cars” is not found in your QuickBooks Online account (Company first).	Please, provide an existing Customer Name. Or create first new in your QuicBooks Online Account.	Cool Cars
E-mail is incorrect.	ERROR Customer Cool Cars: Email Address does not conform to the syntax rules of RFC 822. Supplied value:http://www.intuit.com	Verify the e-mail and change it to correct one.	CoolCars@intuit.com
Invalid Currency code	ERROR CreditMemo CRM-001: Invalid or Unsupported currency type supplied. Supplied value:US.	Specify Currency code (CurrencyRef) . Choose letters according to ISO 4217. For example, USD, EUR, CAD, GBP.	USD

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