{"id":37541,"date":"2025-08-27T09:26:44","date_gmt":"2025-08-27T09:26:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/docs.daftra.com\/faq\/%d9%85%d8%a7-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%ae%d8%b7%d9%88%d8%a7%d8%aa-%d9%84%d8%a5%d8%b1%d8%ac%d8%a7%d8%b9-%d8%af%d9%81%d8%b9%d8%a9-%d8%b9%d9%85%d9%8a%d9%84-%d8%a5%d9%84%d9%89-%d8%b1%d8%b5%d9%8a%d8%af%d9%87-%d9%83\/"},"modified":"2025-09-01T10:29:28","modified_gmt":"2025-09-01T10:29:28","slug":"return-a-clients-payment-to-their-account-as-a-credit-balance","status":"publish","type":"faq","link":"https:\/\/docs.daftra.com\/en\/faq\/return-a-clients-payment-to-their-account-as-a-credit-balance\/","title":{"rendered":"What are the steps to return a client&#8217;s payment to their account as a credit balance?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Go to the <strong data-start=\"105\" data-end=\"116\">\u201cSales\u201d<\/strong> screen from the main menu, then select <strong data-start=\"156\" data-end=\"178\">\u201cManage Invoices.\u201d<\/strong> Now, open the invoice of the client whose payment you want to return. 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