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Process a Fee Refund of Credit Balance

Note: If a workflow is active, submit the journal for approval and follow the workflow process until the journal is approved before posting.

Proceed with the refund only after confirming the bank details. See Confirm Bank Account Details.

  1. Create the refund journal

    From the FNO dashboard, navigate to Modules ▸ Accounts receivable ▸ Payments ▸ Customer payment journal. Click New and in the Name field select Customer refund journal (③). Click Lines (④).

    Process a Fee Refund — the Customer payment journal with Customer refund journal selected in the Name field

  2. Select the student and settle the credit invoice

    Mark the selected row in the list. In the Account field (⑤), select the Student account. Enter a value in the Description field (⑥). In the Method of payment field (on the far right) (⑦), select the refund method.

    Click Settle transactions (⑧) to find and select the credit invoice. Select the Mark checkbox (⑨) for the desired invoice, then click OK (⑩).

    Process a Fee Refund — the journal lines with Student account, Description, and Method of payment fields visible

    Process a Fee Refund — the Settle transactions dialog with the credit invoice marked

  3. Set financial dimensions and post

    Click Financial dimensions and select Account (⑪). In the Feehead value field (⑫), select a value and click OK (⑬). Click Financial dimensions again, click on the Offset account field, and in the Cashflow field select Refund (⑭). Click OK.

    Click Post (⑯).

    Process a Fee Refund — the Financial dimensions dialog for Account with the Feehead value selected

    Process a Fee Refund — the Financial dimensions dialog for Offset account with Cashflow set to Refund

    Process a Fee Refund — the Post button in the Action Pane