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The correct way to cancel or reduce an invoice you’ve already sent — for a return, an overcharge or an agreed discount. Build it here and download a clean, correctly numbered PDF. No signup, no watermark.
When to issue a credit note
A credit note records why an invoice is being reduced or cancelled — so you adjust your books correctly instead of deleting an invoice you already issued. Common cases:
- A customer returns goods or cancels part of an order
- You overcharged, or applied the wrong price or tax
- You agreed a discount after the invoice went out
- You need to correct an invoice you've already sent
Reference the original invoice number so both sets of records stay matched. See also the free invoice generator, estimate generator, and invoicing rules by country.
Questions
A credit note cancels or reduces a previously issued invoice: a return, an overcharge, a discount agreed after the fact, or a cancelled order. It's the correct way to adjust an invoice you've already sent, rather than deleting it.
An invoice asks for payment; a credit note reverses part or all of one. A refund is the money moving back; the credit note is the document that records why. You can issue a credit note whether or not the original invoice was paid.
No. The generator on this page produces a credit note PDF with no signup. A free account keeps your credit notes and links them to the original invoice.
Put the original invoice number in the credit note (the notes field is ideal), so your records and your client's stay matched. With a free account, a credit note can be tied to the invoice it corrects.
Yes. Credit notes use their own sequence (a CN- prefix by default), kept separate from your invoice numbering, which is what most tax authorities expect.
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