Purchase Returns

Process returns of goods to suppliers and adjust stock and payables.

1 min readUpdated 2025-12-01

Creating a Purchase Return

When you need to return goods to a supplier:

  1. 1Go to Purchases > Purchase Returns from the sidebar
  2. 2Click 'Create Purchase Return'
  3. 3Select the supplier and the original purchase invoice
  4. 4Select the items being returned and enter return quantities
  5. 5Add a reason for the return
  6. 6Click 'Save'

Impact of Purchase Returns

A purchase return has two effects: it reduces your stock for the returned items, and it creates a receivable from the supplier (reducing what you owe them). The supplier's balance is updated automatically.

Tip:For GST purposes, create a Debit Note after processing the purchase return to adjust the tax.
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