2150 Customer Store Credit

Store credit you have issued to customers from returns or goodwill and they have not spent yet. A liability, not cash.

In Solo Superstars

Approving a return as store credit posts here. When the customer spends the credit at checkout, it is drawn down like a payment.

Example

A $75 return refunded as credit: debit 4900 Sales Returns & Allowances 75, credit 2150 75.

Codes shown are the defaults a new workspace starts with. Yours may be renamed or renumbered — check Accounting › Chart of accounts. See the full default chart.

Also called

  • store credit liability

Related

  • Store credit — A refund issued as credit the customer can spend with you later. A liability, not cash.
  • Refund — Money returned to a customer. Recorded as a negative payment against the original so the invoice’s net stays right.
  • 4900 Sales Returns & Allowances — Contra-revenue for refunds on returned items, their tax and shipping. Keeps gross sales visible while reducing net revenue.
  • Chart of accounts — The list of buckets your money can be sorted into: assets, liabilities, equity, revenue, expenses. New workspaces start with a default set you can rename or extend.
  • Default chart — The chart of accounts every new workspace starts with, numbered the way QuickBooks users expect. Yours may have been renamed or extended since.

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