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Invoice write-off and reversal enhancements

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Invoice write-off and reversal enhancements

During invoice write-off and reversal, a credit memo is automatically generated and applied to the incorrect invoice to reduce the invoice balance to zero. 

Previously, the Quantity field of credit memo items was always set to 1, and the value of the Unit Price field was calculated based on the following formula:

Unit Price = Amount Without Tax / Quantity

As of Zuora Release 2022.04.R2, the invoice write-off and reversal operations have been enhanced to align the quantity of credit memo items with the original invoice. The credit memo duplicates the Quantity and Unit Price fields from the corresponding invoice items of the original invoice. Therefore, you can generate credit memo reports to track the quantity sold and purchased. 

The following use cases are presented to showcase how the invoice write-off and reversal operations are enhanced.

Case 1: Reverse or fully write off invoices

You want to reverse or write off an invoice that is not paid. The invoice originally with the total amount of $430 contained two invoice items, and each item has a positive amount. 

The original invoice has the following details:

Invoice Item

Charge Name

Charge Model

Quantity

Unit Price

Charge Amount

UOM

Balance

Invoice item 1

Charge 1

Per Unit Pricing

10

$33

$330.00

Each

$330.00

Invoice item 2

Charge 2

Flat Fee Pricing

1

$100

$100.00

/

$100.00

In this use case, before the enhancement is made, a credit memo is generated during invoice write-off or reversal with the following quantity and unit price information:

  • The value of the Quantity field of the credit memo items is 1 in the generated credit memo.
  • The value of the Unit Price field is calculated based on the formula: Unit Price = Amount Without Tax / Quantity.

The generated credit memo has the following details:

Credit Memo Item

Charge Name

Charge Model

Quantity

Unit Price

Amount Without Tax

UOM

Unapplied Amount

Credit memo item 1

Charge 1

Per Unit Pricing

1

$-330

$330

Each

$0

Credit memo item 2

Charge 2

Flat Fee Pricing

1

$-100

$100

/

$0

After the enhancement is introduced, a credit memo is generated during invoice write-off or reversal with both the Quantity and Unit Price fields duplicated from the corresponding invoice items of the original invoice.

The generated credit memo has the following details:

Credit Memo Item

Charge Name

Charge Name

Quantity

Unit Price

Amount Without Tax

UOM

Unapplied Amount

Credit memo item 1

Charge 1

Per Unit Pricing

10

$-33

$330

Each

$0

Credit memo item 2

Charge 2

Flat Fee

1

$-100

$100

/

$0

Case 2: Write off partially paid invoices

You want to write off an invoice that is partially paid. The invoice originally with the total amount of $430 contains two invoice items, and each item has a positive amount. Later, you apply a payment with the total amount of $150 to the invoice. 

The original invoice has the following details:

Invoice Item

Charge Name

Charge Model

Quantity

Unit Price

Charge Amount

UOM

Balance

Invoice item 1

Charge 1

Per Unit Pricing

10

$33

$330.00

Each

$330.00

Invoice item 2

Charge 2

Flat Fee Pricing

1

$100

$100.00

$100.00

After the payment is applied to the invoice, including $100 applied to invoice item 1 and $50 to invoice item 2, the invoice details are as follows:

Invoice Item

Charge Name

Charge Model

Quantity

Unit Price

Charge Amount

UOM

Balance

Payment Amount

Invoice item 1

Charge 1

Per Unit Pricing

10

33

$330

Each

$230

$100

Invoice item 2

Charge 2

Flat Fee Pricing

1

100

$100

/

$50

$50

In this use case, before the enhancement is made, a credit memo is generated during invoice write-off with the following quantity and unit price information: 

  • The value of the Quantity field of the credit memo items is 1 in the generated credit memo.
  • The value of the Unit Price field is calculated based on the formula: Unit Price = Amount Without Tax / Quantity.

The generated credit memo has the following details:

Credit Memo Item

Charge Name

Charge Model

Quantity

Unit Price

Amount Without Tax

UOM

Unapplied Amount

Credit memo item 1

Charge 1

Per Unit Pricing

1

$-230

$230

Each

$0

Credit memo item 2

Charge 2

Flat Fee Pricing

1

$-50

$50

/

$0

After the enhancement is introduced, a credit memo is generated during invoice write-off with both the Quantity and Unit Price fields duplicated from the corresponding invoice items of the original invoice.

The generated credit memo has the following details:

Credit Memo Item

Charge Name

Charge Name

Quantity

Unit Price

Amount Without Tax

UOM

Unapplied Amount

Credit memo item 1

Charge 1

Per Unit Pricing

10

$-33

$230

Each

$0

Credit memo item 2

Charge 2

Flat Fee

1

$-100

$50

/

$0