Create a vendor credit when you return goods to a vendor and they acknowledge the return, when a vendor issues a credit for quality issues without a physical return, when you were billed twice for the same item, or when a vendor offers a retrospective discount. The vendor credit reduces your Accounts Payable balance and can be applied against any open bill from that vendor.
Go to Purchases, then Vendor Credits, and click New Vendor Credit. Select the vendor and the related bill. Enter the line items being credited with their amounts and the applicable GST rate. Save. The vendor credit reduces your GST input tax credit for the returned goods (since you originally claimed ITC on the bill, you must now reverse it for the returned quantity). Zoho Books handles this adjustment automatically in the GSTR-2 reconciliation data.
When you return goods to a vendor in India, the vendor issues a credit note (which is their GSTR-1 amendment). In Zoho Books, you raise a vendor credit to record the corresponding ITC reversal on your side. The GSTR-2A reconciliation will then show the vendor’s credit note against your vendor credit, confirming both sides match before you file your GSTR-3B.
A vendor credit in Zoho Books records a credit or refund owed to you by a vendor, created when you return goods, when a vendor issues a price adjustment, or when you were overbilled. It reduces Accounts Payable and can be applied against future bills.
Open the vendor credit and click Apply to Bill. Select the bill to be credited. Zoho Books reduces the outstanding balance on that bill. Remaining credit can be applied to other bills or refunded.
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