Create Credit Note

The device from which the customer has made the request

The email address of your customer/user. Use this when the email address has only ASCII characters.

The Base64-encoded email address of your customer/user. Use this if the email address has UTF-8 characters. When this header is provided, the header chargebee-request-origin-user is ignored.

The IP address of the customer where the request originated

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If the site has multiple business entities, you can use this custom HTTP header to specify the business entity for which Chargebee should perform the operation.

<p class="mb-2">The identifier of the invoice against which this credit note is issued.</p> <div class="alert alert-info"><p class="mb-2"><strong class="font-semibold">Required when</strong></p><ul class="list-disc list-outside ml-6 my-4 space-y-2"> <li class="text-base leading-relaxed"><code class="bg-gray-100 text-gray-800 font-medium border border-gray-300 rounded px-1.5 py-0.5 mx-1 text-sm font-mono whitespace-nowrap">type</code> is <code class="bg-gray-100 text-gray-800 font-medium border border-gray-300 rounded px-1.5 py-0.5 mx-1 text-sm font-mono whitespace-nowrap">adjustment</code> or <code class="bg-gray-100 text-gray-800 font-medium border border-gray-300 rounded px-1.5 py-0.5 mx-1 text-sm font-mono whitespace-nowrap">store</code>.</li> </ul></div> <div class="alert alert-info"><p class="mb-2"><strong class="font-semibold">Note</strong> When not provided and <code class="bg-gray-100 text-gray-800 font-medium border border-gray-300 rounded px-1.5 py-0.5 mx-1 text-sm font-mono whitespace-nowrap">type</code> is <code class="bg-gray-100 text-gray-800 font-medium border border-gray-300 rounded px-1.5 py-0.5 mx-1 text-sm font-mono whitespace-nowrap">refundable</code>, then <code class="bg-gray-100 text-gray-800 font-medium border border-gray-300 rounded px-1.5 py-0.5 mx-1 text-sm font-mono whitespace-nowrap">customer_id</code> must be provided because this creates a <a href="https://www.chargebee.com/docs/billing/2.0/invoices-credit-notes-and-quotes/credit-notes#standalone-credits" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="text-blue-600 hover:text-blue-800 underline">standalone credit note</a>.</p></div>

<p class="mb-2">The identifier of the customer for whom this credit note is issued.</p> <div class="alert alert-info"><p class="mb-2"><strong class="font-semibold">Required when</strong></p><ul class="list-disc list-outside ml-6 my-4 space-y-2"> <li class="text-base leading-relaxed"><code class="bg-gray-100 text-gray-800 font-medium border border-gray-300 rounded px-1.5 py-0.5 mx-1 text-sm font-mono whitespace-nowrap">type</code> is <code class="bg-gray-100 text-gray-800 font-medium border border-gray-300 rounded px-1.5 py-0.5 mx-1 text-sm font-mono whitespace-nowrap">refundable</code> and <code class="bg-gray-100 text-gray-800 font-medium border border-gray-300 rounded px-1.5 py-0.5 mx-1 text-sm font-mono whitespace-nowrap">reference_invoice_id</code> is not provided. This creates a <a href="https://www.chargebee.com/docs/billing/2.0/invoices-credit-notes-and-quotes/credit-notes#standalone-credits" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="text-blue-600 hover:text-blue-800 underline">standalone credit note</a>.</li> </ul></div>

<p class="mb-2">The total credit note amount.</p> <div class="alert alert-info"><p class="mb-2"><strong class="font-semibold">Constraints</strong></p><ul class="list-disc list-outside ml-6 my-4 space-y-2"> <li class="text-base leading-relaxed">Pass either the <code class="bg-gray-100 text-gray-800 font-medium border border-gray-300 rounded px-1.5 py-0.5 mx-1 text-sm font-mono whitespace-nowrap">total</code> or <code class="bg-gray-100 text-gray-800 font-medium border border-gray-300 rounded px-1.5 py-0.5 mx-1 text-sm font-mono whitespace-nowrap">line_items</code> parameter.</li> <li class="text-base leading-relaxed">If <code class="bg-gray-100 text-gray-800 font-medium border border-gray-300 rounded px-1.5 py-0.5 mx-1 text-sm font-mono whitespace-nowrap">type</code> is <code class="bg-gray-100 text-gray-800 font-medium border border-gray-300 rounded px-1.5 py-0.5 mx-1 text-sm font-mono whitespace-nowrap">adjustment</code>, <code class="bg-gray-100 text-gray-800 font-medium border border-gray-300 rounded px-1.5 py-0.5 mx-1 text-sm font-mono whitespace-nowrap">total</code> must not exceed the amount due on the invoice minus the total amount of any transactions in progress for the invoice. Calculate this as <code class="bg-gray-100 text-gray-800 font-medium border border-gray-300 rounded px-1.5 py-0.5 mx-1 text-sm font-mono whitespace-nowrap">invoice.amount_due</code> minus the sum of <code class="bg-gray-100 text-gray-800 font-medium border border-gray-300 rounded px-1.5 py-0.5 mx-1 text-sm font-mono whitespace-nowrap">invoice.linked_payments[i].amount</code> where <code class="bg-gray-100 text-gray-800 font-medium border border-gray-300 rounded px-1.5 py-0.5 mx-1 text-sm font-mono whitespace-nowrap">invoice.linked_payments[i].txn_status</code> is <code class="bg-gray-100 text-gray-800 font-medium border border-gray-300 rounded px-1.5 py-0.5 mx-1 text-sm font-mono whitespace-nowrap">in_progress</code>.</li> <li class="text-base leading-relaxed">If <code class="bg-gray-100 text-gray-800 font-medium border border-gray-300 rounded px-1.5 py-0.5 mx-1 text-sm font-mono whitespace-nowrap">type</code> is <code class="bg-gray-100 text-gray-800 font-medium border border-gray-300 rounded px-1.5 py-0.5 mx-1 text-sm font-mono whitespace-nowrap">refundable</code> or <code class="bg-gray-100 text-gray-800 font-medium border border-gray-300 rounded px-1.5 py-0.5 mx-1 text-sm font-mono whitespace-nowrap">store</code>: <ul class="list-disc list-outside ml-6 my-4 space-y-2"> <li class="text-base leading-relaxed">If <code class="bg-gray-100 text-gray-800 font-medium border border-gray-300 rounded px-1.5 py-0.5 mx-1 text-sm font-mono whitespace-nowrap">reference_invoice_id</code> is provided, <code class="bg-gray-100 text-gray-800 font-medium border border-gray-300 rounded px-1.5 py-0.5 mx-1 text-sm font-mono whitespace-nowrap">total</code> must not exceed the refundable amount on the invoice. Calculate the refundable amount as the sum of: <ul class="list-disc list-outside ml-6 my-4 space-y-2"> <li class="text-base leading-relaxed">Sum of <code class="bg-gray-100 text-gray-800 font-medium border border-gray-300 rounded px-1.5 py-0.5 mx-1 text-sm font-mono whitespace-nowrap">linked_payments[i].amount</code> where <code class="bg-gray-100 text-gray-800 font-medium border border-gray-300 rounded px-1.5 py-0.5 mx-1 text-sm font-mono whitespace-nowrap">linked_payments[i].txn_status</code> is <code class="bg-gray-100 text-gray-800 font-medium border border-gray-300 rounded px-1.5 py-0.5 mx-1 text-sm font-mono whitespace-nowrap">success</code></li> <li class="text-base leading-relaxed">Sum of <code class="bg-gray-100 text-gray-800 font-medium border border-gray-300 rounded px-1.5 py-0.5 mx-1 text-sm font-mono whitespace-nowrap">applied_credits[i].applied_amount</code> where <code class="bg-gray-100 text-gray-800 font-medium border border-gray-300 rounded px-1.5 py-0.5 mx-1 text-sm font-mono whitespace-nowrap">applied_credits[i].status</code> is not <code class="bg-gray-100 text-gray-800 font-medium border border-gray-300 rounded px-1.5 py-0.5 mx-1 text-sm font-mono whitespace-nowrap">voided</code></li> <li class="text-base leading-relaxed">Sum of <code class="bg-gray-100 text-gray-800 font-medium border border-gray-300 rounded px-1.5 py-0.5 mx-1 text-sm font-mono whitespace-nowrap">linked_taxes_withheld[].amount</code></li> <li class="text-base leading-relaxed">Minus the sum of <code class="bg-gray-100 text-gray-800 font-medium border border-gray-300 rounded px-1.5 py-0.5 mx-1 text-sm font-mono whitespace-nowrap">issued_credit_notes[i].cn_total</code> where <code class="bg-gray-100 text-gray-800 font-medium border border-gray-300 rounded px-1.5 py-0.5 mx-1 text-sm font-mono whitespace-nowrap">issued_credit_notes[i].status</code> is not <code class="bg-gray-100 text-gray-800 font-medium border border-gray-300 rounded px-1.5 py-0.5 mx-1 text-sm font-mono whitespace-nowrap">voided</code></li> </ul> </li> <li class="text-base leading-relaxed">If <code class="bg-gray-100 text-gray-800 font-medium border border-gray-300 rounded px-1.5 py-0.5 mx-1 text-sm font-mono whitespace-nowrap">reference_invoice_id</code> is not provided, there is no limit on the <code class="bg-gray-100 text-gray-800 font-medium border border-gray-300 rounded px-1.5 py-0.5 mx-1 text-sm font-mono whitespace-nowrap">total</code> because this creates a <a href="https://www.chargebee.com/docs/billing/2.0/invoices-credit-notes-and-quotes/credit-notes#standalone-credits" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="text-blue-600 hover:text-blue-800 underline">standalone credit note</a>.</li> </ul> </li> </ul></div>

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<p class="mb-2">The <a href="/docs/api/credit_notes/credit-note-object" class="text-blue-600 hover:text-blue-800 underline">type</a> of credit note to create.</p> <div class="alert alert-info"><p class="mb-2"><strong class="font-semibold">Prerequisites</strong></p><ul class="list-disc list-outside ml-6 my-4 space-y-2"> <li class="text-base leading-relaxed">If <code class="bg-gray-100 text-gray-800 font-medium border border-gray-300 rounded px-1.5 py-0.5 mx-1 text-sm font-mono whitespace-nowrap">type</code> is <code class="bg-gray-100 text-gray-800 font-medium border border-gray-300 rounded px-1.5 py-0.5 mx-1 text-sm font-mono whitespace-nowrap">adjustment</code>, the <code class="bg-gray-100 text-gray-800 font-medium border border-gray-300 rounded px-1.5 py-0.5 mx-1 text-sm font-mono whitespace-nowrap">invoice.status</code> must be <code class="bg-gray-100 text-gray-800 font-medium border border-gray-300 rounded px-1.5 py-0.5 mx-1 text-sm font-mono whitespace-nowrap">payment_due</code>, <code class="bg-gray-100 text-gray-800 font-medium border border-gray-300 rounded px-1.5 py-0.5 mx-1 text-sm font-mono whitespace-nowrap">posted</code> or <code class="bg-gray-100 text-gray-800 font-medium border border-gray-300 rounded px-1.5 py-0.5 mx-1 text-sm font-mono whitespace-nowrap">not_paid</code>.</li> <li class="text-base leading-relaxed">If <code class="bg-gray-100 text-gray-800 font-medium border border-gray-300 rounded px-1.5 py-0.5 mx-1 text-sm font-mono whitespace-nowrap">type</code> is <code class="bg-gray-100 text-gray-800 font-medium border border-gray-300 rounded px-1.5 py-0.5 mx-1 text-sm font-mono whitespace-nowrap">refundable</code> or <code class="bg-gray-100 text-gray-800 font-medium border border-gray-300 rounded px-1.5 py-0.5 mx-1 text-sm font-mono whitespace-nowrap">store</code>, the <code class="bg-gray-100 text-gray-800 font-medium border border-gray-300 rounded px-1.5 py-0.5 mx-1 text-sm font-mono whitespace-nowrap">invoice.status</code> must be <code class="bg-gray-100 text-gray-800 font-medium border border-gray-300 rounded px-1.5 py-0.5 mx-1 text-sm font-mono whitespace-nowrap">paid</code>, <code class="bg-gray-100 text-gray-800 font-medium border border-gray-300 rounded px-1.5 py-0.5 mx-1 text-sm font-mono whitespace-nowrap">payment_due</code>, <code class="bg-gray-100 text-gray-800 font-medium border border-gray-300 rounded px-1.5 py-0.5 mx-1 text-sm font-mono whitespace-nowrap">posted</code>, or <code class="bg-gray-100 text-gray-800 font-medium border border-gray-300 rounded px-1.5 py-0.5 mx-1 text-sm font-mono whitespace-nowrap">not_paid</code>.</li> </ul></div> * refundable - <p class="mb-2">Creates a refundable credit note.</p> <div class="alert alert-info"><p class="mb-2"><strong class="font-semibold">Prerequisites</strong></p><ul class="list-disc list-outside ml-6 my-4 space-y-2"> <li class="text-base leading-relaxed">The <code class="bg-gray-100 text-gray-800 font-medium border border-gray-300 rounded px-1.5 py-0.5 mx-1 text-sm font-mono whitespace-nowrap">invoice.status</code> must be <code class="bg-gray-100 text-gray-800 font-medium border border-gray-300 rounded px-1.5 py-0.5 mx-1 text-sm font-mono whitespace-nowrap">paid</code>, <code class="bg-gray-100 text-gray-800 font-medium border border-gray-300 rounded px-1.5 py-0.5 mx-1 text-sm font-mono whitespace-nowrap">payment_due</code>, <code class="bg-gray-100 text-gray-800 font-medium border border-gray-300 rounded px-1.5 py-0.5 mx-1 text-sm font-mono whitespace-nowrap">posted</code>, or <code class="bg-gray-100 text-gray-800 font-medium border border-gray-300 rounded px-1.5 py-0.5 mx-1 text-sm font-mono whitespace-nowrap">not_paid</code>.</li> </ul></div> * store - <p class="mb-2">Creates a store credit note.</p> <div class="alert alert-info"><p class="mb-2"><strong class="font-semibold">Prerequisites</strong></p><ul class="list-disc list-outside ml-6 my-4 space-y-2"> <li class="text-base leading-relaxed">The <code class="bg-gray-100 text-gray-800 font-medium border border-gray-300 rounded px-1.5 py-0.5 mx-1 text-sm font-mono whitespace-nowrap">invoice.status</code> must be <code class="bg-gray-100 text-gray-800 font-medium border border-gray-300 rounded px-1.5 py-0.5 mx-1 text-sm font-mono whitespace-nowrap">paid</code>, <code class="bg-gray-100 text-gray-800 font-medium border border-gray-300 rounded px-1.5 py-0.5 mx-1 text-sm font-mono whitespace-nowrap">payment_due</code>, <code class="bg-gray-100 text-gray-800 font-medium border border-gray-300 rounded px-1.5 py-0.5 mx-1 text-sm font-mono whitespace-nowrap">posted</code>, or <code class="bg-gray-100 text-gray-800 font-medium border border-gray-300 rounded px-1.5 py-0.5 mx-1 text-sm font-mono whitespace-nowrap">not_paid</code>.</li> </ul></div> * adjustment - <p class="mb-2">Creates an adjustment credit note.</p> <div class="alert alert-info"><p class="mb-2"><strong class="font-semibold">Prerequisites</strong></p><ul class="list-disc list-outside ml-6 my-4 space-y-2"> <li class="text-base leading-relaxed">The <code class="bg-gray-100 text-gray-800 font-medium border border-gray-300 rounded px-1.5 py-0.5 mx-1 text-sm font-mono whitespace-nowrap">invoice.status</code> must be <code class="bg-gray-100 text-gray-800 font-medium border border-gray-300 rounded px-1.5 py-0.5 mx-1 text-sm font-mono whitespace-nowrap">payment_due</code>, <code class="bg-gray-100 text-gray-800 font-medium border border-gray-300 rounded px-1.5 py-0.5 mx-1 text-sm font-mono whitespace-nowrap">posted</code> or <code class="bg-gray-100 text-gray-800 font-medium border border-gray-300 rounded px-1.5 py-0.5 mx-1 text-sm font-mono whitespace-nowrap">not_paid</code>.</li> </ul></div>

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The reason for issuing this Credit Note. The following reason codes are supported now\[Deprecated; use the [create_reason_code](/docs/api/credit_notes/credit_note-object#create_reason_code) parameter instead\]. \* waiver - Waiver \* order_cancellation - Order Cancellation \* order_change - Order Change \* product_unsatisfactory - Product Unsatisfactory \* service_unsatisfactory - Service Unsatisfactory \* other - Can be set when none of the above reason codes are applicable

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Reason code for creating the credit note. **Constraints** * Must be one of the case-sensitive [reason codes](https://www.chargebee.com/docs/billing/2.0/site-configuration/reason-codes#managing-reason-codes-for-credit-notes) set in Chargebee Billing. **Required when** * Reason codes are configured as mandatory on the site.

<p class="mb-2">The date on which the credit note is issued.</p> <div class="alert alert-info"><p class="mb-2"><strong class="font-semibold">Constraints</strong></p><ul class="list-disc list-outside ml-6 my-4 space-y-2"> <li class="text-base leading-relaxed">Must be on or after the <code class="bg-gray-100 text-gray-800 font-medium border border-gray-300 rounded px-1.5 py-0.5 mx-1 text-sm font-mono whitespace-nowrap">invoice.date</code> and cannot be a future date.</li> </ul></div>

A note to be added for this operation, to the credit note. This note is displayed on customer-facing documents such as the [Credit Note PDF](/docs/api/credit_notes/retrieve-credit-note-as-pdf) .

An internal [comment](/docs/api/comments) to be added for this operation, to the credit note. This comment is displayed on the Chargebee UI. It is not displayed on any customer-facing [Hosted Page](/docs/api/hosted_pages) or any document such as the [Credit Note PDF](/docs/api/credit_notes/retrieve-credit-note-as-pdf) .

Parameters for line_items

Uniquely identifies a line_item

Unit amount of the line item. Required for FLAT_FEE, PER_UNIT and VOLUME pricing model.

<p class="mb-2">The decimal representation of the unit amount of the <code class="bg-gray-100 text-gray-800 font-medium border border-gray-300 rounded px-1.5 py-0.5 mx-1 text-sm font-mono whitespace-nowrap">line_item</code>. The value is in major units of the currency. Applicable for the line_item when the <code class="bg-gray-100 text-gray-800 font-medium border border-gray-300 rounded px-1.5 py-0.5 mx-1 text-sm font-mono whitespace-nowrap">pricing_model</code> is <code class="bg-gray-100 text-gray-800 font-medium border border-gray-300 rounded px-1.5 py-0.5 mx-1 text-sm font-mono whitespace-nowrap">flat_fee</code> , <code class="bg-gray-100 text-gray-800 font-medium border border-gray-300 rounded px-1.5 py-0.5 mx-1 text-sm font-mono whitespace-nowrap">per_unit</code> or <code class="bg-gray-100 text-gray-800 font-medium border border-gray-300 rounded px-1.5 py-0.5 mx-1 text-sm font-mono whitespace-nowrap">volume</code>. Can be provided only when <a href="/docs/api/currencies" target="_blank">multi-decimal pricing</a> is enabled.</p>

Quantity of the line item. Required for PER_UNIT and VOLUME pricing model.

<p class="mb-2">The decimal representation of the quantity of the <code class="bg-gray-100 text-gray-800 font-medium border border-gray-300 rounded px-1.5 py-0.5 mx-1 text-sm font-mono whitespace-nowrap">line_item</code>. Applicable for the <code class="bg-gray-100 text-gray-800 font-medium border border-gray-300 rounded px-1.5 py-0.5 mx-1 text-sm font-mono whitespace-nowrap">line_item</code> when the <code class="bg-gray-100 text-gray-800 font-medium border border-gray-300 rounded px-1.5 py-0.5 mx-1 text-sm font-mono whitespace-nowrap">pricing_model</code> is <code class="bg-gray-100 text-gray-800 font-medium border border-gray-300 rounded px-1.5 py-0.5 mx-1 text-sm font-mono whitespace-nowrap">per_unit</code> and <code class="bg-gray-100 text-gray-800 font-medium border border-gray-300 rounded px-1.5 py-0.5 mx-1 text-sm font-mono whitespace-nowrap">volume</code>. Can be provided only when <a href="/docs/api/currencies" target="_blank">multi-decimal pricing</a> is enabled.</p>

Amount of the line item. Applicable only for STAIRSTEP, TIERED pricing_model.

Start date of this line item.

End date of this line item.

Description for the line item.

<div class="api-description"><p class="mb-2">A <a href="https://www.chargebee.com/docs/credit-notes.html" target="_blank">Credit Note</a> is a document that specifies the money owed by a business to its customer. The seller usually issues a Credit Note for the same or lower amount than the invoice, and then repays the money to the customer or set it off against other &#x27;due&#x27; invoices.</p><h3>Credit Note Types</h3><p class="mb-2">Credit notes in Chargebee are categorized into three types: 1. <code class="bg-gray-100 text-gray-800 font-medium border border-gray-300 rounded px-1.5 py-0.5 mx-1 text-sm font-mono whitespace-nowrap">adjustment</code>: Adjustment credit notes are used to adjust the amount of an existing invoice in the <code class="bg-gray-100 text-gray-800 font-medium border border-gray-300 rounded px-1.5 py-0.5 mx-1 text-sm font-mono whitespace-nowrap">payment_due</code> or <code class="bg-gray-100 text-gray-800 font-medium border border-gray-300 rounded px-1.5 py-0.5 mx-1 text-sm font-mono whitespace-nowrap">not_paid</code> <a href="/docs/api/invoices/invoice-object#status">status</a>. Use this type of credit note to reduce the invoice amount, typically as a discount to the customer. Adjustment credit notes are automatically created in the following cases:</p><ul class="list-disc list-outside ml-6 my-4 space-y-2"> <li class="text-base leading-relaxed">When an invoice is written off.</li> <li class="text-base leading-relaxed">When a subscription is modified with proration enabled, and the invoice for the current term is in the <code class="bg-gray-100 text-gray-800 font-medium border border-gray-300 rounded px-1.5 py-0.5 mx-1 text-sm font-mono whitespace-nowrap">payment_due</code> or <code class="bg-gray-100 text-gray-800 font-medium border border-gray-300 rounded px-1.5 py-0.5 mx-1 text-sm font-mono whitespace-nowrap">not_paid</code> <a href="/docs/api/invoices/invoice-object#status">status</a>. 2. <code class="bg-gray-100 text-gray-800 font-medium border border-gray-300 rounded px-1.5 py-0.5 mx-1 text-sm font-mono whitespace-nowrap">refundable</code>: Refundable credit notes allow you to return a certain amount to the customer. These credits can be:</li> <li class="text-base leading-relaxed">Retained for automatic application on future invoices.</li> <li class="text-base leading-relaxed">Applied to existing unpaid invoices.</li> <li class="text-base leading-relaxed">Refunded to the customer. Refundable credit notes are automatically created in the following cases:</li> <li class="text-base leading-relaxed">When an invoice is refunded.</li> <li class="text-base leading-relaxed">When a subscription is changed or canceled with proration enabled, the invoice for the current term is in the <code class="bg-gray-100 text-gray-800 font-medium border border-gray-300 rounded px-1.5 py-0.5 mx-1 text-sm font-mono whitespace-nowrap">paid</code> <a href="/docs/api/invoices/invoice-object#status">status</a>. Refundable credits are applied to future invoices or can be refunded to the original payment method. 3. <code class="bg-gray-100 text-gray-800 font-medium border border-gray-300 rounded px-1.5 py-0.5 mx-1 text-sm font-mono whitespace-nowrap">store</code>: Store credit notes are created for <code class="bg-gray-100 text-gray-800 font-medium border border-gray-300 rounded px-1.5 py-0.5 mx-1 text-sm font-mono whitespace-nowrap">paid</code> or <code class="bg-gray-100 text-gray-800 font-medium border border-gray-300 rounded px-1.5 py-0.5 mx-1 text-sm font-mono whitespace-nowrap">partially_paid</code> invoice <a href="/docs/api/invoices/invoice-object#status">status</a> during subscription changes, such as upgrades, downgrades, or cancellations. Key characteristics of store credits:</li> <li class="text-base leading-relaxed">No tax component is included at the time of creation.</li> <li class="text-base leading-relaxed">A credit note document is generated, similar to refundable credits.</li> <li class="text-base leading-relaxed">Store credits are applied before tax calculations on future invoices.</li> </ul><div class="alert alert-info"><p class="mb-2"><strong class="font-semibold">Note:</strong> If you have enabled <em class="italic">consolidated invoicing</em> , to know the subscriptions attached with a credit note you have to refer <a href="/docs/api/credit_notes/credit_note-object#line_items">line_item&#x27;s</a> <em class="italic">subscription_id</em> . The credit note&#x27;s <em class="italic">subscription_id</em> should <strong class="font-semibold">not</strong> be used (which will be <em class="italic">null</em> if the credit note has lines from multiple subscriptions).</p></div><div id="ref-invoice-impact" class="cb-accordion"><div class="cb-accordion-title collapsed" data-toggle="collapse" data-target="#ref-invoice-impact-content" aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="ref-invoice-impact-content"><p class="mb-2">Impact on reference invoice</p><i class="fa fa-chevron-circle-down fa-lg" aria-hidden="true"></i></div><div class="collapse" id="ref-invoice-impact-content"><p class="mb-2">The following updates are made to the reference invoice when a credit note is created/imported:</p><ul class="list-disc list-outside ml-6 my-4 space-y-2"> <li class="text-base leading-relaxed">If the credit note <code class="bg-gray-100 text-gray-800 font-medium border border-gray-300 rounded px-1.5 py-0.5 mx-1 text-sm font-mono whitespace-nowrap">type</code> is <code class="bg-gray-100 text-gray-800 font-medium border border-gray-300 rounded px-1.5 py-0.5 mx-1 text-sm font-mono whitespace-nowrap">adjustment</code>: <ul class="list-disc list-outside ml-6 my-4 space-y-2"> <li class="text-base leading-relaxed">The adjustment credit note details are added to the <code class="bg-gray-100 text-gray-800 font-medium border border-gray-300 rounded px-1.5 py-0.5 mx-1 text-sm font-mono whitespace-nowrap">adjustment_credit_notes[]</code> attribute of the invoice.</li> <li class="text-base leading-relaxed">The invoice <code class="bg-gray-100 text-gray-800 font-medium border border-gray-300 rounded px-1.5 py-0.5 mx-1 text-sm font-mono whitespace-nowrap">amount_due</code> is reduced by the credit note <code class="bg-gray-100 text-gray-800 font-medium border border-gray-300 rounded px-1.5 py-0.5 mx-1 text-sm font-mono whitespace-nowrap">total</code>.</li> <li class="text-base leading-relaxed">The invoice <code class="bg-gray-100 text-gray-800 font-medium border border-gray-300 rounded px-1.5 py-0.5 mx-1 text-sm font-mono whitespace-nowrap">status</code> is updated to <code class="bg-gray-100 text-gray-800 font-medium border border-gray-300 rounded px-1.5 py-0.5 mx-1 text-sm font-mono whitespace-nowrap">paid</code> if the invoice <code class="bg-gray-100 text-gray-800 font-medium border border-gray-300 rounded px-1.5 py-0.5 mx-1 text-sm font-mono whitespace-nowrap">amount_due</code> equals the credit note <code class="bg-gray-100 text-gray-800 font-medium border border-gray-300 rounded px-1.5 py-0.5 mx-1 text-sm font-mono whitespace-nowrap">total</code>.</li> <li class="text-base leading-relaxed">The invoice <code class="bg-gray-100 text-gray-800 font-medium border border-gray-300 rounded px-1.5 py-0.5 mx-1 text-sm font-mono whitespace-nowrap">status</code> does not change if the invoice <code class="bg-gray-100 text-gray-800 font-medium border border-gray-300 rounded px-1.5 py-0.5 mx-1 text-sm font-mono whitespace-nowrap">amount_due</code> is greater than credit note <code class="bg-gray-100 text-gray-800 font-medium border border-gray-300 rounded px-1.5 py-0.5 mx-1 text-sm font-mono whitespace-nowrap">total</code>.</li> </ul> </li> <li class="text-base leading-relaxed">If the credit note <code class="bg-gray-100 text-gray-800 font-medium border border-gray-300 rounded px-1.5 py-0.5 mx-1 text-sm font-mono whitespace-nowrap">type</code> is <code class="bg-gray-100 text-gray-800 font-medium border border-gray-300 rounded px-1.5 py-0.5 mx-1 text-sm font-mono whitespace-nowrap">refundable</code>: <ul class="list-disc list-outside ml-6 my-4 space-y-2"> <li class="text-base leading-relaxed">The refundable credit note details are added to the <code class="bg-gray-100 text-gray-800 font-medium border border-gray-300 rounded px-1.5 py-0.5 mx-1 text-sm font-mono whitespace-nowrap">issued_credit_notes[]</code> attribute of the invoice.</li> <li class="text-base leading-relaxed">The invoice <code class="bg-gray-100 text-gray-800 font-medium border border-gray-300 rounded px-1.5 py-0.5 mx-1 text-sm font-mono whitespace-nowrap">status</code> does not change.</li> </ul> </li> <li class="text-base leading-relaxed">If the credit note <code class="bg-gray-100 text-gray-800 font-medium border border-gray-300 rounded px-1.5 py-0.5 mx-1 text-sm font-mono whitespace-nowrap">type</code> is <code class="bg-gray-100 text-gray-800 font-medium border border-gray-300 rounded px-1.5 py-0.5 mx-1 text-sm font-mono whitespace-nowrap">store</code>: <ul class="list-disc list-outside ml-6 my-4 space-y-2"> <li class="text-base leading-relaxed">The store credit note details are added to the <code class="bg-gray-100 text-gray-800 font-medium border border-gray-300 rounded px-1.5 py-0.5 mx-1 text-sm font-mono whitespace-nowrap">issued_credit_notes[]</code> attribute of the invoice.</li> <li class="text-base leading-relaxed">The invoice <code class="bg-gray-100 text-gray-800 font-medium border border-gray-300 rounded px-1.5 py-0.5 mx-1 text-sm font-mono whitespace-nowrap">status</code> does not change.</li> </ul> </li> </ul></div></div></div>

Credit-note id.

The identifier of the customer this credit note belongs to.

The identifier of the subscription this Credit Note belongs to. **Note:** If *consolidated invoicing* is enabled, to know the subscriptions attached with this Credit Note you have to refer [line_item's](/docs/api/credit_notes/credit_note-object#line_items) *subscription_id* . This attribute should **not** be used (which will be *null* if this credit note has lines from multiple subscriptions).

The identifier of the invoice against which this Credit Note is issued

The credit note type. [Learn more](/docs/api/credit_notes/credit-note-object) about credit note types. \* store - Store Credit Note \* refundable - Refundable Credit Note \* adjustment - Adjustment Credit Note

One ofadjustmentrefundablestore

The reason for issuing this credit note. The following reason codes are supported now\[Deprecated; use the [create_reason_code](/docs/api/credit_notes/credit_note-object#create_reason_code) parameter instead\] \* subscription_change - This reason will be set automatically for Credit Notes created during Change Subscription operation when [proration](https://www.chargebee.com/docs/proration.html) is enabled \* order_change - Order Change \* other - Can be set when none of the above reason codes are applicable \* fraudulent - FRAUDULENT \* chargeback - Can be set when you are recording your customer Chargebacks \* subscription_pause - This reason will be automatically set to credit notes created during pause/resume subscription operation. \* waiver - Waiver \* subscription_cancellation - This reason will be set automatically for Credit Notes created during cancel subscription operation \* product_unsatisfactory - Product Unsatisfactory \* order_cancellation - Order Cancellation \* write_off - This reason will be set automatically for the Credit Notes created during invoice [Write Off](https://www.chargebee.com/docs/invoice-operations.html#write-off) operation. \* service_unsatisfactory - Service Unsatisfactory

One ofwrite_offsubscription_changesubscription_cancellationsubscription_pausechargebackproduct_unsatisfactoryservice_unsatisfactoryorder_changeorder_cancellationwaiverotherfraudulent

The credit note status. \* voided - When the Credit Note has been cancelled. \* refund_due - When the credits are yet to be used, or have been partially used. \* refunded - When the entire credits (Credit Note amount) have been used (i.e either allocated to invoices or refunded). \* adjusted - When the Credit Note has been adjusted against an invoice.

One ofadjustedrefundedrefund_duevoided

VAT number of the customer for whom this credit note is raised.

The date the credit note is issued.

The price type of the credit note. \* tax_inclusive - All amounts in the document are inclusive of tax. \* tax_exclusive - All amounts in the document are exclusive of tax.

One oftax_exclusivetax_inclusiveDefault "tax_exclusive"

The currency code (ISO 4217 format) for the credit note

Credit Note amount in cents.

Default 0

The amount allocated to invoices from the credit note.

Default 0

The refunds issued from this credit note.

Default 0

The yet to be used credits of this credit note.

Default 0

The time this credit note gets fully used. Please note that this field is not present when partial refunds are issued.

Timestamp indicating the date and time this credit note gets voided.

The date/time when the credit note was raised. This date/time can be backdated, which means that the date/time can be earlier than the date/time the credit note was created.

<p class="mb-2">Version number of this resource. The <code class="bg-gray-100 text-gray-800 font-medium border border-gray-300 rounded px-1.5 py-0.5 mx-1 text-sm font-mono whitespace-nowrap">resource_version</code> is updated with a new timestamp in milliseconds for every change made to the resource. This attribute will be present only if the resource has been updated after 2016-09-28.</p>

Timestamp indicating when this credit note was last updated. This attribute will be present only if the resource has been updated after 2016-09-28.

The subscription channel this object originated from and is maintained in. \* play_store - The object data is synchronized with data from [in-app subscription(s)](/docs/api/in_app_subscriptions) created in Google Play Store. Direct manipulation of this object via UI or API is disallowed. In-App Subscriptions is currently in early access. Contact [eap@chargebee.com](mailto:eap@chargebee.com) for more information. \* web - The object was created (and is maintained) for the web channel directly in Chargebee via API or UI. \* app_store - The object data is synchronized with data from [in-app subscription(s)](/docs/api/in_app_subscriptions) created in Apple App Store. Direct manipulation of this object via UI or API is disallowed.

One ofwebapp_storeplay_store

<p class="mb-2">This attribute is returned only if additional resources are available. Use this value as the input parameter for <code class="bg-gray-100 text-gray-800 font-medium border border-gray-300 rounded px-1.5 py-0.5 mx-1 text-sm font-mono whitespace-nowrap">line_items_offset</code> to retrieve the next set of resources.</p> <div class="alert alert-info"><p class="mb-2"><strong class="font-semibold">Note:</strong></p><ul class="list-disc list-outside ml-6 my-4 space-y-2"> <li class="text-base leading-relaxed">Applicable only when Enterprise-scale Invoicing is enabled.</li> <li class="text-base leading-relaxed">Enterprise-scale Invoicing is currently in <strong class="font-semibold">Private Beta</strong>. Please reach out to <a href="https://www.chargebee.com/docs/billing/2.0/kb/getting-started/how-to-contact-chargebees-support-team?utm_source=docs_api&amp;utm_medium=content&amp;utm_campaign=support" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="text-blue-600 hover:text-blue-800 underline">Chargebee Support</a> to enable this feature.</li> </ul></div>

The Credit Note sub-total

Invoice subtotal in the currency of the place of supply.

Total invoice amount in the currency of the place of supply.

The currency code (ISO 4217 format) of the place of supply in which VAT needs to be converted and displayed.

<p class="mb-2">Indicates the rounded-off amount. For example, if your invoice amount is $99.99, and the amount is rounded off to $100.00, in this case, $100.00 is your invoice amount, $0.01 is the <code class="bg-gray-100 text-gray-800 font-medium border border-gray-300 rounded px-1.5 py-0.5 mx-1 text-sm font-mono whitespace-nowrap">round_off_amount</code>. If there is no <code class="bg-gray-100 text-gray-800 font-medium border border-gray-300 rounded px-1.5 py-0.5 mx-1 text-sm font-mono whitespace-nowrap">round-off amount</code> , it will display <code class="bg-gray-100 text-gray-800 font-medium border border-gray-300 rounded px-1.5 py-0.5 mx-1 text-sm font-mono whitespace-nowrap">0</code> .</p>

Indicates the fractional correction amount.

The list of notes attached to this credit note. Each note is displayed on customer-facing documents such as the [Credit Note PDF](/docs/api/credit_notes#retrieve_credit_note_as_pdf). Currently this list contains the note configured for the customer; additional note types may be added in future.

Indicates that this resource has been deleted.

Specifies the customer's category for the Goods and Services Tax (GST). This field is returned only if you've configured GST for the India region.

This parameter represents the exchange rate as a relative price of the base currency that appears as local currency in invoices and credit notes. The local currency exchange rate specifically refers to the exchange rate of a country's currency when converting it to another currency. For example, if you want to convert US dollars to euros, the local currency exchange rate would be the rate at which you can convert US dollars to euros.

Reason code for creating the credit note. Must be one from a list of reason codes set in the Chargebee app in **Settings \> Configure Chargebee \> Reason Codes \> Credit Notes \> Create Credit Note**. Must be passed if set as mandatory in the app. The codes are case-sensitive

<p class="mb-2">An overridden value for the first two characters of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VAT_identification_number" target="_blank">full VAT number</a>. Only applicable specifically for customers with <code><a href="/docs/api/customers/customer-object#billing_address">billing_address</a></code></p> <p class="mb-2"><code class="bg-gray-100 text-gray-800 font-medium border border-gray-300 rounded px-1.5 py-0.5 mx-1 text-sm font-mono whitespace-nowrap">country</code> as <code class="bg-gray-100 text-gray-800 font-medium border border-gray-300 rounded px-1.5 py-0.5 mx-1 text-sm font-mono whitespace-nowrap">XI</code> (which is <strong class="font-semibold">United Kingdom - Northern Ireland</strong> ).</p> <p class="mb-2">When you have enabled <a href="https://www.chargebee.com/docs/eu-vat.html" target="_blank">EU VAT</a> in 2021 or have <a href="https://www.chargebee.com/docs/brexit.html#what-needs-to-be-done-in-chargebee" target="_blank">manually enabled</a> the Brexit configuration, you have the option of setting <code><a href="/docs/api/customers/customer-object#billing_address">billing_address</a></code></p> <p class="mb-2"><code class="bg-gray-100 text-gray-800 font-medium border border-gray-300 rounded px-1.5 py-0.5 mx-1 text-sm font-mono whitespace-nowrap">country</code> as <code class="bg-gray-100 text-gray-800 font-medium border border-gray-300 rounded px-1.5 py-0.5 mx-1 text-sm font-mono whitespace-nowrap">XI</code>. That&#x27;s the code for <strong class="font-semibold">United Kingdom - Northern Ireland</strong>. The first two characters of the VAT number in such a case is <code class="bg-gray-100 text-gray-800 font-medium border border-gray-300 rounded px-1.5 py-0.5 mx-1 text-sm font-mono whitespace-nowrap">XI</code> by default. However, if the VAT number was registered in UK, the value should be <code class="bg-gray-100 text-gray-800 font-medium border border-gray-300 rounded px-1.5 py-0.5 mx-1 text-sm font-mono whitespace-nowrap">GB</code>. Set <code class="bg-gray-100 text-gray-800 font-medium border border-gray-300 rounded px-1.5 py-0.5 mx-1 text-sm font-mono whitespace-nowrap">vat_number_prefix</code> to <code class="bg-gray-100 text-gray-800 font-medium border border-gray-300 rounded px-1.5 py-0.5 mx-1 text-sm font-mono whitespace-nowrap">GB</code> for such cases.</p>

<p class="mb-2">The unique ID of the <a href="/docs/api/advanced-features">business entity</a> of this credit_note. This is always the same as the business entity of the invoice referred to by <code><a href="/docs/api/credit_notes/credit_note-object#reference_invoice_id">reference_invoice_id</a></code>.</p> <span featureId="cb-mbe" isMicro="true"></span>

The line items of this credit note

The list of tiers applicable for this line item

The list of discount(s) applied for each line item of this credit note.

The list of taxes applied on line items

The list of addresses used for tax calculation on line items.

<div class="api-description"><p class="mb-2">An invoice is a commercial document representing a sale of products/services offered by you to a customer. It enumerates all the charges, adjustments, payments, discounts and taxes associated with the sale.</p><p class="mb-2">An invoice is said to be a recurring one when it is has at least one charge for <a href="/docs/api/items">a plan or an addon item price</a>. It is a non-recurring one when it has charges for only charge-item prices or <a href="https://www.chargebee.com/docs/2.0/charges.html" target="_blank">one-time charges</a>.</p><p class="mb-2">The item prices for any given billing term of a subscription are billed via an invoice at the beginning of the term (unless the charges are left unbilled). However, item prices that belong to <code class="bg-gray-100 text-gray-800 font-medium border border-gray-300 rounded px-1.5 py-0.5 mx-1 text-sm font-mono whitespace-nowrap">metered</code> items are billed at the end of the term via a <code class="bg-gray-100 text-gray-800 font-medium border border-gray-300 rounded px-1.5 py-0.5 mx-1 text-sm font-mono whitespace-nowrap">pending</code> invoice that can <a href="https://www.chargebee.com/docs/billing/2.0/usage-based-billing/metered_billing#configuring-metered-billing" target="_blank">close automatically</a> or via <a href="/docs/api/invoices/close-a-pending-invoice">an API call</a>. Moreover, when there are no <code class="bg-gray-100 text-gray-800 font-medium border border-gray-300 rounded px-1.5 py-0.5 mx-1 text-sm font-mono whitespace-nowrap">metered</code> items in the subscription, the invoices can still be generated as <code class="bg-gray-100 text-gray-800 font-medium border border-gray-300 rounded px-1.5 py-0.5 mx-1 text-sm font-mono whitespace-nowrap">pending</code> while <a href="/docs/api/subscriptions/create-subscription-for-items">creating</a> or <a href="/docs/api/subscriptions/update-subscription-for-items">updating</a> a subscription.</p><h4>Auto-collection</h4><p class="mb-2">If <a href="https://www.chargebee.com/docs/2.0/customers.html#auto-collection-status" target="_blank">auto-collection</a> is enabled, then immediately on invoice generation (or, in case of subscriptions that have <code class="bg-gray-100 text-gray-800 font-medium border border-gray-300 rounded px-1.5 py-0.5 mx-1 text-sm font-mono whitespace-nowrap">create_pending_invoices</code> as <code class="bg-gray-100 text-gray-800 font-medium border border-gray-300 rounded px-1.5 py-0.5 mx-1 text-sm font-mono whitespace-nowrap">true</code>, on <a href="/docs/api/invoices/close-a-pending-invoice">invoice closure</a>), the <a href="/docs/api/customers/customer-object#payment_method">payment method</a> on file is charged:</p><ul class="list-disc list-outside ml-6 my-4 space-y-2"> <li class="text-base leading-relaxed">If the payment succeeds, the invoice is marked as <code class="bg-gray-100 text-gray-800 font-medium border border-gray-300 rounded px-1.5 py-0.5 mx-1 text-sm font-mono whitespace-nowrap">paid</code>.</li> <li class="text-base leading-relaxed">On payment failure, the invoice is marked as <code class="bg-gray-100 text-gray-800 font-medium border border-gray-300 rounded px-1.5 py-0.5 mx-1 text-sm font-mono whitespace-nowrap">payment_due</code> and <a href="https://www.chargebee.com/docs/2.0/dunning-v2.html" target="_blank">dunning settings</a> are taken into account for payment retries.</li> <li class="text-base leading-relaxed">If no retry attempts are configured, or when retries are exhausted, the invoice is marked as <code class="bg-gray-100 text-gray-800 font-medium border border-gray-300 rounded px-1.5 py-0.5 mx-1 text-sm font-mono whitespace-nowrap">not_paid</code>.</li> <li class="text-base leading-relaxed">the amount due is zero or negative, the invoice is immediately marked as <code class="bg-gray-100 text-gray-800 font-medium border border-gray-300 rounded px-1.5 py-0.5 mx-1 text-sm font-mono whitespace-nowrap">paid</code> and the balance, if any, is added to <a href="https://www.chargebee.com/docs/2.0/customers.html#excess-payments" target="_blank">excess payments</a> for the customer.</li> </ul><div class="alert alert-info"><p class="mb-2"><strong class="font-semibold">Note:</strong> If <a href="https://www.chargebee.com/docs/2.0/consolidated-invoicing.html" target="_blank">consolidated invoicing</a> is enabled, the attribute <code class="bg-gray-100 text-gray-800 font-medium border border-gray-300 rounded px-1.5 py-0.5 mx-1 text-sm font-mono whitespace-nowrap">subscription_id</code> is unavailable when the invoice has line items from multiple subscriptions. The individual subscription ids are seen under <code class="bg-gray-100 text-gray-800 font-medium border border-gray-300 rounded px-1.5 py-0.5 mx-1 text-sm font-mono whitespace-nowrap">line_items.subscription_id</code>.</p></div><div id="recurring-invoice" class="cb-accordion"><div class="cb-accordion-title collapsed" data-toggle="collapse" data-target="#recurring-invoice-content" aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="recurring-invoice-content"><h4>Recurring and non-recurring invoices</h4><i class="fa fa-chevron-circle-down fa-lg" aria-hidden="true"></i></div><div class="collapse" id="recurring-invoice-content"><p class="mb-2">A recurring invoice contains at least one line item that is billed on a recurring basis. Specifically, it has at least one <a href="/docs/api/invoices/invoice-object#line_items" class="text-blue-600 hover:text-blue-800 underline"><code class="bg-gray-100 text-gray-800 font-medium border border-gray-300 rounded px-1.5 py-0.5 mx-1 text-sm font-mono whitespace-nowrap">line_items[]</code></a> with <code class="bg-gray-100 text-gray-800 font-medium border border-gray-300 rounded px-1.5 py-0.5 mx-1 text-sm font-mono whitespace-nowrap">entity_type</code> set to <code class="bg-gray-100 text-gray-800 font-medium border border-gray-300 rounded px-1.5 py-0.5 mx-1 text-sm font-mono whitespace-nowrap">plan_item_price</code> or <code class="bg-gray-100 text-gray-800 font-medium border border-gray-300 rounded px-1.5 py-0.5 mx-1 text-sm font-mono whitespace-nowrap">addon_item_price</code>. A non-recurring invoice contains no recurring line items.</p></div></div><div id="refundable-amount" class="cb-accordion"><div class="cb-accordion-title collapsed" data-toggle="collapse" data-target="#refundable-amount-content" aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="refundable-amount-content"><h4>Refundable amount for an invoice</h4><i class="fa fa-chevron-circle-down fa-lg" aria-hidden="true"></i></div><div class="collapse" id="refundable-amount-content"><p class="mb-2">The refundable amount for an invoice is the (amount paid on the invoice + refundable credit applied on the invoice + taxes withheld on the invoice) minus (amount issued as refundable credit notes from the invoice). Each of these amounts is obtained from the invoice resource as follows:</p><ul class="list-disc list-outside ml-6 my-4 space-y-2"> <li class="text-base leading-relaxed">Amount paid on the invoice: <a href="/docs/api/invoices/invoice-object#invoice_amount_paid" class="text-blue-600 hover:text-blue-800 underline"><code class="bg-gray-100 text-gray-800 font-medium border border-gray-300 rounded px-1.5 py-0.5 mx-1 text-sm font-mono whitespace-nowrap">amount_paid</code></a></li> <li class="text-base leading-relaxed">Refundable credit applied on the invoice: <a href="/docs/api/invoices/invoice-object#invoice_credits_applied" class="text-blue-600 hover:text-blue-800 underline"><code class="bg-gray-100 text-gray-800 font-medium border border-gray-300 rounded px-1.5 py-0.5 mx-1 text-sm font-mono whitespace-nowrap">credits_applied</code></a></li> <li class="text-base leading-relaxed">Taxes withheld on the invoice: Sum of <a href="/docs/api/invoices/invoice-object#invoice_linked_taxes_withheld" class="text-blue-600 hover:text-blue-800 underline"><code class="bg-gray-100 text-gray-800 font-medium border border-gray-300 rounded px-1.5 py-0.5 mx-1 text-sm font-mono whitespace-nowrap">linked_taxes_withheld[].amount</code></a></li> <li class="text-base leading-relaxed">Amount issued as refundable credit notes from the invoice: Sum of <a href="/docs/api/invoices/invoice-object#invoice_issued_credit_notes" class="text-blue-600 hover:text-blue-800 underline"><code class="bg-gray-100 text-gray-800 font-medium border border-gray-300 rounded px-1.5 py-0.5 mx-1 text-sm font-mono whitespace-nowrap">issued_credit_notes[i].cn_total</code></a> where <code class="bg-gray-100 text-gray-800 font-medium border border-gray-300 rounded px-1.5 py-0.5 mx-1 text-sm font-mono whitespace-nowrap">issued_credit_notes[i].cn_status</code> is <code class="bg-gray-100 text-gray-800 font-medium border border-gray-300 rounded px-1.5 py-0.5 mx-1 text-sm font-mono whitespace-nowrap">refunded</code> or <code class="bg-gray-100 text-gray-800 font-medium border border-gray-300 rounded px-1.5 py-0.5 mx-1 text-sm font-mono whitespace-nowrap">refund_due</code>.</li> </ul></div></div></div>

The invoice number. Acts as a identifier for invoice and typically generated sequentially.

The identifier of the customer this invoice belongs to.

Payment owner of an invoice

<p class="mb-2">The identifier of the subscription this invoice belongs to. <strong class="font-semibold">Note</strong>: When consolidated invoicing is enabled, you have to refer to <a href="/docs/api/invoices/invoice-object#line_items">line_item`s</a> <code class="bg-gray-100 text-gray-800 font-medium border border-gray-300 rounded px-1.5 py-0.5 mx-1 text-sm font-mono whitespace-nowrap">subscription_id</code> to identify the subscriptions associated with this invoice. However, it is important to avoid using this attribute if the invoice includes charges from multiple subscriptions, as it will be null in such cases.</p>

Boolean indicating whether this invoice belongs to a subscription

Default true

<p class="mb-2">Current status of this invoice.</p> * paid - <p class="mb-2">Indicates a paid invoice.</p> * posted - <p class="mb-2">Indicates the payment is not yet collected and will be in this state till the due date to indicate the due period</p> * pending - <p class="mb-2">The <a href="/docs/api/invoices/invoice-object#status">invoice</a> is yet to be closed (sent for payment collection). An invoice is generated with this <code class="bg-gray-100 text-gray-800 font-medium border border-gray-300 rounded px-1.5 py-0.5 mx-1 text-sm font-mono whitespace-nowrap">status</code> when it has line items that belong to items that are <code class="bg-gray-100 text-gray-800 font-medium border border-gray-300 rounded px-1.5 py-0.5 mx-1 text-sm font-mono whitespace-nowrap">metered</code> or when the <code class="bg-gray-100 text-gray-800 font-medium border border-gray-300 rounded px-1.5 py-0.5 mx-1 text-sm font-mono whitespace-nowrap">subscription.create_pending_invoices</code>attribute is set to <code class="bg-gray-100 text-gray-800 font-medium border border-gray-300 rounded px-1.5 py-0.5 mx-1 text-sm font-mono whitespace-nowrap">true</code>. The <a href="/docs/api/v2/pcv-1/invoices/invoice-object#status">invoice</a> is yet to be closed (sent for payment collection). All invoices are generated with this <code class="bg-gray-100 text-gray-800 font-medium border border-gray-300 rounded px-1.5 py-0.5 mx-1 text-sm font-mono whitespace-nowrap">status</code> when <a href="https://www.chargebee.com/docs/1.0/metered_billing.html" target="_blank">Metered Billing</a> is enabled for the site.</p> * payment_due - <p class="mb-2">Indicates the payment is not yet collected and is being retried as per retry settings.</p> * not_paid - <p class="mb-2">Indicates the payment is not made and all attempts to collect is failed.</p> * voided - <p class="mb-2">Indicates a voided invoice.</p>

One ofpaidpostedpayment_duenot_paidvoidedpending

<p class="mb-2">The document date displayed on the invoice PDF. By default, it has the same value as the effective date of the action that created the invoice (subscription creation, update, or invoice creation). This date can be backdated (set to a value in the past) while performing the actions. Backdating an invoice is done for reasons such as booking revenue for a previous date or when the subscription or non-recurring charge is effective as of a past date. However, if the invoice is created as <code class="bg-gray-100 text-gray-800 font-medium border border-gray-300 rounded px-1.5 py-0.5 mx-1 text-sm font-mono whitespace-nowrap">pending</code> , and if the site is configured to set invoice dates to the date of closing, then upon invoice closure, this date is changed to the invoice closing date.</p>

Due date of the invoice

<p class="mb-2">The number of days from <a href="/docs/api/invoices/invoice-object#date" class="text-blue-600 hover:text-blue-800 underline"><code class="bg-gray-100 text-gray-800 font-medium border border-gray-300 rounded px-1.5 py-0.5 mx-1 text-sm font-mono whitespace-nowrap">invoice.date</code></a> until payment for the invoice is due.</p>

Default 0

Purchase Order Number for this invoice

VAT/ Tax registration number of the customer. [Learn more](https://www.chargebee.com/docs/tax.html#capture-tax-registration-number)

The price type of the invoice. \* tax_exclusive - All amounts in the document are exclusive of tax. \* tax_inclusive - All amounts in the document are inclusive of tax.

One oftax_exclusivetax_inclusiveDefault "tax_exclusive"

Exchange rate used for base currency conversion.Note that when converting foreign currency invoices to local currency for VAT purposes, the exchange rates used differ from the base currency exchange rate provided in this field. This is due to regulations set by tax authorities, which require the use of official sources such as European Central Bank rates for local currency conversion.

This parameter represents the exchange rate as a relative price of the base currency that appears as local currency in invoices and credit notes. The local currency exchange rate specifically refers to the exchange rate of a country's currency when converting it to another currency. For example, if you want to convert US dollars to euros, the local currency exchange rate would be the rate at which you can convert US dollars to euros.

The currency code (ISO 4217 format) for the invoice

The currency code (ISO 4217 format) of the place of supply in which VAT needs to be converted and displayed.

Total tax amount for this invoice

<p class="mb-2">The sum of all the line item amounts minus the sum of all line item discounts. In other words, this is the sum of all <code><a href="/docs/api/invoices/invoice-object#line_items">line_items[]</a>.amount</code></p> <ul class="list-disc list-outside ml-6 my-4 space-y-2"> <li class="text-base leading-relaxed">the sum of all <code><a href="/docs/api/invoices/invoice-object#line_item_discounts">line_item_discounts[]</a>.discount_amount</code>.</li> </ul>

Invoice subtotal in the currency of the place of supply.

Invoiced amount displayed in cents; that is, a decimal point is not present between the whole number and the decimal part. For example, $499.99 is displayed as 49999, and so on.

Total invoice amount in the currency of the place of supply.

<p class="mb-2">The unpaid amount that is due on the invoice. This is calculated as: <code><a href="/docs/api/invoices/invoice-object#total">total</a></code></p> <ul class="list-disc list-outside ml-6 my-4 space-y-2"> <li class="text-base leading-relaxed"> <code><a href="/docs/api/invoices/invoice-object#amount_paid">amount_paid</a></code> </li> <li class="text-base leading-relaxed">sum of <code><a href="/docs/api/invoices/invoice-object#applied_credits">applied_credits</a>.applied_amount</code></li> <li class="text-base leading-relaxed">sum of <code><a href="/docs/api/invoices/invoice-object#adjustment_credit_notes">adjustment_credit_notes</a>.cn_total</code></li> <li class="text-base leading-relaxed">sum of <code><a href="/docs/api/invoices/invoice-object#linked_taxes_withheld">linked_taxes_withheld</a>.amount</code>.</li> </ul>

Total adjustments made against this invoice.

Default 0

<p class="mb-2">Payments collected successfully for the invoice. This is the sum of <code><a href="/docs/api/invoices/invoice-object#linked_payments">linked_payments[]</a>.txn_amount</code> for all <code class="bg-gray-100 text-gray-800 font-medium border border-gray-300 rounded px-1.5 py-0.5 mx-1 text-sm font-mono whitespace-nowrap">linked_payments[]</code> that have <code class="bg-gray-100 text-gray-800 font-medium border border-gray-300 rounded px-1.5 py-0.5 mx-1 text-sm font-mono whitespace-nowrap">txn_status</code> as <code class="bg-gray-100 text-gray-800 font-medium border border-gray-300 rounded px-1.5 py-0.5 mx-1 text-sm font-mono whitespace-nowrap">success</code>.</p>

Timestamp indicating the date \& time this invoice got paid.

Amount written off against this invoice.

Default 0

Total credits applied against this invoice.

Default 0

Current dunning status of the invoice. \* exhausted - Maximum number of attempts have been made. \* stopped - Dunning has stopped for this invoice. \* success - Payment successfully collected during dunning process. \* in_progress - Dunning is still in progress.

One ofin_progressexhaustedstoppedsuccess

Timestamp indicating when will the next attempt to collect payment for this invoice occur.

Timestamp indicating the date \& time this invoice got voided.

<p class="mb-2">The version number of this resource. For every change made to the resource, <code class="bg-gray-100 text-gray-800 font-medium border border-gray-300 rounded px-1.5 py-0.5 mx-1 text-sm font-mono whitespace-nowrap">resource_version</code> is updated with a new timestamp in milliseconds.</p>

Timestamp indicating when this invoice was last updated. This attribute will be present only if the resource has been updated after 2016-09-28. **Note** : This value does not change when the following attributes are changed: *next_retry_at, dunning_status, has_advance_charges*

<p class="mb-2">This attribute is returned only if additional resources are available. Use this value as the input parameter for <code class="bg-gray-100 text-gray-800 font-medium border border-gray-300 rounded px-1.5 py-0.5 mx-1 text-sm font-mono whitespace-nowrap">line_items_offset</code> to retrieve the next set of resources.</p> <div class="alert alert-info"><p class="mb-2"><strong class="font-semibold">Note:</strong></p><ul class="list-disc list-outside ml-6 my-4 space-y-2"> <li class="text-base leading-relaxed">Applicable only when Enterprise-scale Invoicing is enabled.</li> <li class="text-base leading-relaxed">Enterprise-scale Invoicing is currently in <strong class="font-semibold">Private Beta</strong>. Please reach out to <a href="https://www.chargebee.com/docs/billing/2.0/kb/getting-started/how-to-contact-chargebees-support-team?utm_source=docs_api&amp;utm_medium=content&amp;utm_campaign=support" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="text-blue-600 hover:text-blue-800 underline">Chargebee Support</a> to enable this feature.</li> </ul></div>

Boolean indicating the first invoice raised for the subscription. In the case of a non-recurring invoice, it indicates the first invoice raised for the customer.

<p class="mb-2">The share of the invoice total due to new sales. When <code class="bg-gray-100 text-gray-800 font-medium border border-gray-300 rounded px-1.5 py-0.5 mx-1 text-sm font-mono whitespace-nowrap">first_invoice</code> is <code class="bg-gray-100 text-gray-800 font-medium border border-gray-300 rounded px-1.5 py-0.5 mx-1 text-sm font-mono whitespace-nowrap">true</code> , this attribute is the same as total. However, when the invoice is a <a href="https://www.chargebee.com/docs/2.0/consolidated-invoicing.html " target="_blank">consolidated</a> one, then it is the sum of all <code class="bg-gray-100 text-gray-800 font-medium border border-gray-300 rounded px-1.5 py-0.5 mx-1 text-sm font-mono whitespace-nowrap">line_items.amount</code> belonging to a new.</p>

Indicates whether an [advance charge](https://www.chargebee.com/docs/billing/2.0/invoices-credit-notes-and-quotes/advance-invoices) is present in this invoice.

Boolean indicating this invoice line_items terms are finalized or not.

Default true

Boolean indicating this invoice is gifted or not.

Default false

<p class="mb-2">The date when the invoice is finalized. This is the date in the invoice lifecycle when its <code class="bg-gray-100 text-gray-800 font-medium border border-gray-300 rounded px-1.5 py-0.5 mx-1 text-sm font-mono whitespace-nowrap">status</code> becomes any one of the following for the first time: <code class="bg-gray-100 text-gray-800 font-medium border border-gray-300 rounded px-1.5 py-0.5 mx-1 text-sm font-mono whitespace-nowrap">payment_due</code> , <code class="bg-gray-100 text-gray-800 font-medium border border-gray-300 rounded px-1.5 py-0.5 mx-1 text-sm font-mono whitespace-nowrap">posted</code> , or <code class="bg-gray-100 text-gray-800 font-medium border border-gray-300 rounded px-1.5 py-0.5 mx-1 text-sm font-mono whitespace-nowrap">paid</code>. For an invoice with <code class="bg-gray-100 text-gray-800 font-medium border border-gray-300 rounded px-1.5 py-0.5 mx-1 text-sm font-mono whitespace-nowrap">status</code> as <code class="bg-gray-100 text-gray-800 font-medium border border-gray-300 rounded px-1.5 py-0.5 mx-1 text-sm font-mono whitespace-nowrap">pending</code> , this happens when it gets closed.</p>

The date and time at which [dunning](https://www.chargebee.com/docs/payments/2.0/dunning-v2.html) should resume automatically for the invoice. This attribute is present only if dunning is currently [paused](/docs/api/invoices/pause-dunning-for-invoice) for the invoice. **See also** : [Dunning resumption process](/docs/api/invoices/resume-dunning-for-invoice).