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• mattia_invoice-credit-notes, 33 minutes ago, 33 messages

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[plush basin]

As far as I know, you could just create a new credit note for the amount: https://docs.stripe.com/invoicing/dashboard/credit-notes#creating

[primal swallow]

I tried this already, but it unfortunately doesn’t work because the API expects a credit amount which is minor or equal to the invoice amount, which in a case where all the amount was paid with a credit note, the invoice amount is 0.

So this gives me an error as X (credit note amount) is > 0

[plush basin]

That shouldn't be the case as far as I can tell. The Credit Note can be used on a paid invoice to refund an amount: https://docs.stripe.com/invoicing/integration/programmatic-credit-notes?lang=python#paid-invoices

What error are you getting specifically?

Ohhh, wait. The amount is 0 because the Invoice was paid with a credit note

[primal swallow]

Correct

[plush basin]

Sorry, missed that. Let me dig a bit and circle back

I think you'd need to use the Customer's Credit Balance in this case. Read up on this and let me know if it orients you in the right direction: https://docs.stripe.com/invoicing/customer/balance

[primal swallow]

I’m aware of the customer credit balance, but I would like to avoid using it, as we have our company balance already in which refunds are sometimes issued to.

[plush basin]

I wish I had a better solution for you, but there just isn't a way to refund a credit note and you can only void one if it's in open status. The paid status of the Invoice effectively locks the state of the Credit Note, so the next best thing is to get the Credit Note's amount and add it back the Customer's Credit Balance

[primal swallow]

I see, I believe I need to find a way to internally mark it as refunded for taxation purposes even if stripe doesn’t allow it, thank you though.