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F-27 - Enter Credit Memo

Credit memos are posted to customer accounts to reduce or write-off outstanding balances. Entering credit memos involve the following steps:
  1. Get started (SAP menu path, fast path)
  2. Enter customer credit memo: header data
  3. Enter credit memo: add customer item
  4. Enter credit memo: add G/L account item
  5. Clear customer account

1. Get Started

2. Enter customer credit memo: header data

  1. Enter header data:
Enter credit memo: header data

Document Date (Current Date)

Document Type (Use credit memo type appropriate to original charge, see below)

MIT Department Credit Memo Type
Alumni A1
Benefits Accounting B1
CAES C1
Document Services D1
Housing & Dining H1
Libraries L1
Medical M1
Miscellaneous Transfer DG

Posting Date (Last day of the month)

  1. Begin first line item:

    Posting Key (11= Credit to customer)
    Account (customer number to credit: MIT ID#, SSN#, or 7xxxxxxxxx)

    1st line item: post key

  2. or ENTER

3. Enter ... credit memo: add customer item

  1. Enter line item:

    Amount (Amount to credit)

    Dunning Area (Enter dunning area of original charge)

    MIT Department Dunning Area
    Alumni AL
    Benefits Accounting BA
    CAES CA
    Document Services DS
    Housing & Dining HD
    Libraries LB
    Medical MD
    Miscellaneous Transfer MS

    Note: A Miscellaneous Transfer is one NOT described by another dunning area.

    Text (explanation of credit)

  2. Begin second item:

    Posting Key (40=debit)

    Account (appropriate GL account)

    2nd line item: post key

  3. or ENTER

4. Enter ... credit memo: add G/L account item

  1. Enter line item:

    Amount (* balances entry)

    Cost Center, Order, WBS element (enter 7-digit no. for cost center, internal order, or WBS element, whichever is applicable)

    2nd line item: G/L data

    Assignment (originating dept)

    Text (explanation of credit)

  2. Click on overview icon for an overview of the line item transactions.

  3. to Post

    A message appears stating document was posted.
    Note: Press to override a warning, for example when the credit memo dollar amount is large.

5. Clear customer account


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