{"id":15713,"date":"2024-04-04T11:24:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-04T11:24:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/docs.daftra.com\/user_manual\/%d8%a5%d8%b5%d8%af%d8%a7%d8%b1-%d8%a5%d8%b4%d8%b9%d8%a7%d8%b1-%d9%85%d8%af%d9%8a%d9%86-%d9%84%d9%81%d8%a7%d8%aa%d9%88%d8%b1%d8%a9-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%85%d8%a8%d9%8a%d8%b9%d8%a7%d8%aa\/"},"modified":"2026-01-04T09:34:44","modified_gmt":"2026-01-04T09:34:44","slug":"issue-a-debit-note-for-sales-invoice","status":"publish","type":"user_manual","link":"https:\/\/docs.daftra.com\/en\/user_manual\/issue-a-debit-note-for-sales-invoice\/","title":{"rendered":"Issue a Debit Note for Sales Invoice"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1713174849109{margin-left: 200px !important;}&#8221;]Debit notes act as an increase to the invoice value and are not associated with products in stock, but only as a financial increase.[\/vc_column_text][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;Activating Debit Notes on Sales Invoices&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h2|font_size:28|text_align:center|color:%2304306b|line_height:2&#8243; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1713174891109{margin-left: 200px !important;background-color: #f6f9fc !important;border-radius: 4px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1767519187135{margin-left: 200px !important;}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Click on &#8220;<strong>Sales Settings<\/strong>&#8221; from the dropdown menu under &#8220;<strong>Sales<\/strong>&#8221; in the main menu, and click on the &#8220;<strong>Invoicing Settings<\/strong>&#8221; tab, then enable the debit notes setting.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-43702 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/docs.daftra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Untitled-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1365\" height=\"634\" srcset=\"https:\/\/docs.daftra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Untitled-2.png 1365w, https:\/\/docs.daftra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Untitled-2-300x139.png 300w, https:\/\/docs.daftra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Untitled-2-1024x476.png 1024w, https:\/\/docs.daftra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Untitled-2-768x357.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1365px) 100vw, 1365px\" \/>[\/vc_column_text][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;How to Add a Debit Note on a Sales Invoice&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h2|font_size:28|text_align:center|color:%2304306b|line_height:2&#8243; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1713176712221{margin-left: 200px !important;background-color: #f6f9fc !important;border-radius: 4px !important;}&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1737034569754{margin-left: 200px !important;}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Click on &#8220;<strong>Manage Invoices<\/strong>&#8221; from the dropdown menu under &#8220;<strong>Sales<\/strong>&#8221; in the main menu. Then, select the invoice to which you want to add a debit note, click on &#8220;<strong>More Options<\/strong>,&#8221; and then click on &#8220;<strong>Create Debit Note<\/strong>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-26898 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/docs.daftra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/lhgdbsfdcs.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1366\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/docs.daftra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/lhgdbsfdcs.png 1366w, https:\/\/docs.daftra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/lhgdbsfdcs-300x132.png 300w, https:\/\/docs.daftra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/lhgdbsfdcs-1024x450.png 1024w, https:\/\/docs.daftra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/lhgdbsfdcs-768x337.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1366px) 100vw, 1366px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Enter the description of the debit note, the amount to be added to the invoice, and any discounts or taxes to be applied, then click on the &#8220;<strong>Save<\/strong>&#8221; button.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-27603 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/docs.daftra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/78t5r9.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1198\" height=\"598\" srcset=\"https:\/\/docs.daftra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/78t5r9.png 1198w, https:\/\/docs.daftra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/78t5r9-300x150.png 300w, https:\/\/docs.daftra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/78t5r9-1024x511.png 1024w, https:\/\/docs.daftra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/78t5r9-768x383.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1198px) 100vw, 1198px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">After adding the debit note, you can perform some actions on it such as editing, adding a payment transaction, or converting it into a draft.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-27605 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/docs.daftra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/7878.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1198\" height=\"599\" srcset=\"https:\/\/docs.daftra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/7878.png 1198w, https:\/\/docs.daftra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/7878-300x150.png 300w, https:\/\/docs.daftra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/7878-1024x512.png 1024w, https:\/\/docs.daftra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/7878-768x384.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1198px) 100vw, 1198px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">You can automatically review the generated journal entry for the debit note as follows:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-27607 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/docs.daftra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/587493.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1198\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/docs.daftra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/587493.png 1198w, https:\/\/docs.daftra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/587493-300x150.png 300w, https:\/\/docs.daftra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/587493-1024x513.png 1024w, https:\/\/docs.daftra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/587493-768x385.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1198px) 100vw, 1198px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">From the note page, you can click on the invoice number to go to the related invoice and review it by clicking on the &#8220;<strong>Debit Notes<\/strong>&#8221; tab.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-27609 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/docs.daftra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/685749.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1199\" height=\"511\" srcset=\"https:\/\/docs.daftra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/685749.png 1199w, https:\/\/docs.daftra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/685749-300x128.png 300w, https:\/\/docs.daftra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/685749-1024x436.png 1024w, https:\/\/docs.daftra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/685749-768x327.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1199px) 100vw, 1199px\" \/>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/section>","protected":false},"author":13,"template":"","categories":[2149,2036,2155,2150],"tags":[2355],"class_list":["post-15713","user_manual","type-user_manual","status-publish","hentry","category-invoices-and-estimates","category-sales","category-sales-invoice","category-sales-settings","tag---en"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v17.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Issue a Debit Note for Sales Invoice - Daftra Knowledge Base<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/docs.daftra.com\/en\/user_manual\/issue-a-debit-note-for-sales-invoice\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Issue a Debit Note for Sales Invoice - Daftra Knowledge Base\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1713174849109{margin-left: 200px !important;}&#8221;]Debit notes act as an increase to the invoice value and are not associated with products in stock, but only as a financial increase.[\/vc_column_text][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;Activating Debit Notes on Sales Invoices&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h2|font_size:28|text_align:center|color:%2304306b|line_height:2&#8243; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1713174891109{margin-left: 200px !important;background-color: #f6f9fc !important;border-radius: 4px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1767519187135{margin-left: 200px !important;}&#8221;] Click on &#8220;Sales Settings&#8221; from the dropdown menu under &#8220;Sales&#8221; [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/docs.daftra.com\/en\/user_manual\/issue-a-debit-note-for-sales-invoice\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Daftra Knowledge Base\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-01-04T09:34:44+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/docs.daftra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Untitled-2.png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/docs.daftra.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/docs.daftra.com\/\",\"name\":\"Daftra Knowledge Base\",\"description\":\"Daftra\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/docs.daftra.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/docs.daftra.com\/en\/user_manual\/issue-a-debit-note-for-sales-invoice\/#primaryimage\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/docs.daftra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Untitled-2.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/docs.daftra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Untitled-2.png\",\"width\":1365,\"height\":634},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/docs.daftra.com\/en\/user_manual\/issue-a-debit-note-for-sales-invoice\/#webpage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/docs.daftra.com\/en\/user_manual\/issue-a-debit-note-for-sales-invoice\/\",\"name\":\"Issue a Debit Note for Sales Invoice - Daftra Knowledge Base\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/docs.daftra.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/docs.daftra.com\/en\/user_manual\/issue-a-debit-note-for-sales-invoice\/#primaryimage\"},\"datePublished\":\"2024-04-04T11:24:02+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-01-04T09:34:44+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/docs.daftra.com\/en\/user_manual\/issue-a-debit-note-for-sales-invoice\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/docs.daftra.com\/en\/user_manual\/issue-a-debit-note-for-sales-invoice\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/docs.daftra.com\/en\/user_manual\/issue-a-debit-note-for-sales-invoice\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/docs.daftra.com\/en\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Issue a Debit Note for Sales Invoice\"}]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Issue a Debit Note for Sales Invoice - Daftra Knowledge Base","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/docs.daftra.com\/en\/user_manual\/issue-a-debit-note-for-sales-invoice\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Issue a Debit Note for Sales Invoice - Daftra Knowledge Base","og_description":"[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1713174849109{margin-left: 200px !important;}&#8221;]Debit notes act as an increase to the invoice value and are not associated with products in stock, but only as a financial increase.[\/vc_column_text][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;Activating Debit Notes on Sales Invoices&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h2|font_size:28|text_align:center|color:%2304306b|line_height:2&#8243; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1713174891109{margin-left: 200px !important;background-color: #f6f9fc !important;border-radius: 4px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1767519187135{margin-left: 200px !important;}&#8221;] Click on &#8220;Sales Settings&#8221; from the dropdown menu under &#8220;Sales&#8221; [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/docs.daftra.com\/en\/user_manual\/issue-a-debit-note-for-sales-invoice\/","og_site_name":"Daftra Knowledge Base","article_modified_time":"2026-01-04T09:34:44+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/docs.daftra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Untitled-2.png"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/docs.daftra.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/docs.daftra.com\/","name":"Daftra Knowledge Base","description":"Daftra","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/docs.daftra.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/docs.daftra.com\/en\/user_manual\/issue-a-debit-note-for-sales-invoice\/#primaryimage","inLanguage":"en-US","url":"https:\/\/docs.daftra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Untitled-2.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/docs.daftra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Untitled-2.png","width":1365,"height":634},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/docs.daftra.com\/en\/user_manual\/issue-a-debit-note-for-sales-invoice\/#webpage","url":"https:\/\/docs.daftra.com\/en\/user_manual\/issue-a-debit-note-for-sales-invoice\/","name":"Issue a Debit Note for Sales Invoice - Daftra Knowledge Base","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/docs.daftra.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/docs.daftra.com\/en\/user_manual\/issue-a-debit-note-for-sales-invoice\/#primaryimage"},"datePublished":"2024-04-04T11:24:02+00:00","dateModified":"2026-01-04T09:34:44+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/docs.daftra.com\/en\/user_manual\/issue-a-debit-note-for-sales-invoice\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/docs.daftra.com\/en\/user_manual\/issue-a-debit-note-for-sales-invoice\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/docs.daftra.com\/en\/user_manual\/issue-a-debit-note-for-sales-invoice\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/docs.daftra.com\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Issue a Debit Note for Sales Invoice"}]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/docs.daftra.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/user_manual\/15713","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/docs.daftra.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/user_manual"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/docs.daftra.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/user_manual"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/docs.daftra.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/docs.daftra.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/user_manual\/15713\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43704,"href":"https:\/\/docs.daftra.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/user_manual\/15713\/revisions\/43704"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/docs.daftra.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15713"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/docs.daftra.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15713"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/docs.daftra.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15713"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}