Create a credit note 

Issue a credit note to adjust the amount of a finalized invoice. For a status=open invoice, a credit note reduces its amount_due. For a status=paid invoice, a credit note does not affect its amount_due. Instead, it can result in any combination of the following:

• Refund: create a new refund (using refund_amount) or link an existing refund (using refund).
• 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).

For post-payment credit notes the sum of the refund, credit and outside of Stripe amounts must equal the credit note total.

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

Parameters

• invoicestringRequired

  ID of the invoice.

• linesarray of objects

  Line items that make up the credit note.

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  • lines.typeenumRequired

    Type of the credit note line item, one of invoice_line_item or custom_line_item

    Possible enum values

    custom_line_item

    invoice_line_item

  • lines.amountinteger

    The line item amount to credit. Only valid when type is invoice_line_item. If invoice is set up with automatic_tax[enabled]=true, this amount is tax exclusive

  • lines.descriptionstring

    The description of the credit note line item. Only valid when the type is custom_line_item.

  • lines.invoice_line_itemstring

    The invoice line item to credit. Only valid when the type is invoice_line_item.

  • lines.quantityinteger

    The line item quantity to credit.

  • lines.tax_amountsarray of objects

    A list of up to 10 tax amounts for the credit note line item. Cannot be mixed with tax_rates.

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    • lines.tax_amounts.amountintegerRequired

      The amount, in cents, of the tax.

    • lines.tax_amounts.tax_ratestringRequired

      The id of the tax rate for this tax amount. The tax rate must have been automatically created by Stripe.

    • lines.tax_amounts.taxable_amountintegerRequired

      The amount on which tax is calculated, in cents.

  • lines.tax_ratesarray of strings

    The tax rates which apply to the credit note line item. Only valid when the type is custom_line_item and cannot be mixed with tax_amounts.

  • lines.unit_amountinteger

    The integer unit amount in cents of the credit note line item. This unit_amount will be multiplied by the quantity to get the full amount to credit for this line item. Only valid when type is custom_line_item.

  • lines.unit_amount_decimalstring

    Same as unit_amount, but accepts a decimal value in cents with at most 12 decimal places. Only one of unit_amount and unit_amount_decimal can be set.

• memostring

  The credit note’s memo appears on the credit note PDF.

• metadataobject

  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. Individual keys can be unset by posting an empty value to them. All keys can be unset by posting an empty value to metadata.

• reasonenum

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

  Possible enum values

  duplicate

  fraudulent

  order_change

  product_unsatisfactory

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• amountinteger

  The integer amount in cents representing the total amount of the credit note.

• credit_amountinteger

  The integer amount in cents representing the amount to credit the customer’s balance, which will be automatically applied to their next invoice.

• effective_attimestamp

  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.

• email_typeenum

  Type of email to send to the customer, one of credit_note or none and the default is credit_note.

  Possible enum values

  credit_note credit note email

  none no email

• out_of_band_amountinteger

  The integer amount in cents representing the amount that is credited outside of Stripe.

• refundstring

  ID of an existing refund to link this credit note to.

• refund_amountinteger

  The integer amount in cents representing the amount to refund. If set, a refund will be created for the charge associated with the invoice.

• shipping_costobject

  When shipping_cost contains the shipping_rate from the invoice, the shipping_cost is included in the credit note.

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  • shipping_cost.shipping_ratestringRequired if shipping cost should be included for credit note

    The ID of the shipping rate to use for this order.