136: Issuing Customers Credit In QuickBooks Whether You Are Starting A Business Or Side Hustle, A Solopreneur, Entrepreneur, Mompreneur, Freelancer, Bookkeeper, Virtual Assistant, Owner Self-Employed

Making sure that your customer’s balances are correct will not only ensure your financial statements are accurate, but you will have fewer inquiries from customers about their balances as well and less cleanup on your Accounts Receivable Aging Report down the road.  Over the next few weeks, I am going to help you gain a deeper understanding of your Accounts Receivable Aging Report as well as how you can make any adjustments so that your customer’s balances are accurate, and we are going to start this week off with how to issue a customer a credit in QuickBooks.  In today’s podcast episode, I’m covering what a credit memo is, when you need to issue one, and how you can properly apply a credit memo to an outstanding invoice.  Whether you are starting a business or side hustle, you’re a self-employed individual, a solopreneur, entrepreneur, mompreneur, freelancer, small business owner, a remote, virtual, online, or in-house bookkeeper, or a virtual assistant or VA, understanding when it is appropriate to issue your customers a credit memo and how to do it correctly will help ensure your customers are happy and your books are accurate.  These tips are essential whether you are using a computerized software system like QuickBooks, Xero, Wave, FreshBooks, or HoneyBooks for your business finances; or doing your bookkeeping manually with an Excel spreadsheet or even a Google Document…

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