How do you match a deposit to a receipt when the credit card refund is more than the actual deposit

Example:
We received a credit card payment from customer A ($334.00) and sent a credit card refund ($1,000.00) to customer B on the same day. This resulted in a net negative deposit ($666.00) from our credit card merchant provider. How to match a refund receipt and a regular receipt to properly match the deposit in our bank account from the bank feed.

sales receipt
sales receipt
refund receipt
refund receipt

QuickBooks Online won’t allow creating a negative bank deposit. If the total deposit is negative, you will need to create a Journal Entry to move the funds from Undeposited Funds to the bank account.

deposit negative
deposit negative

Here’s how to create that Journal Entry and move the funds from the Undeposited Funds account to the Bank account.

journal entry
journal entry
  • Click the Create (+) at the top of your Home screen.
  • Choose Journal Entry from the drop-down (if you don’t see it, try clicking Show more).
  • Set the Date of the transaction (same as the bank posted transaction date).
  • On the first distribution line of the Journal Entry:
  • In the Account column, choose Undeposited Funds.
  • In the Debit column, enter the amount of the deposit.
  • On the second distribution line of the Journal Entry:
  • In the Account column, choose the appropriate bank account.
  • Set the Credit column to the amount of the deposit.
  • Click Save and close. This will show a deduction from the bank account in the Bank Register in QBO.

Next, you will want to group the Journal Entry with the payments to create a $0 deposit and remove the payments from Undeposited Funds.

deposit zero with je
deposit zero with Je
  • Click the Create (+) at the top of your Home screen.
  • Choose Bank Deposit from the drop-down.
  • Select the payments (negative and positive) and the Journal
  • The entry you just created (the total should be zero).
  • Click Save and close.

Next, go back to the banking center (bank feed). You may see MATCH now for that transaction. If not, click that transaction row for a refund receipt. Locate and match transactions from the list there. Save.

radio button switch from add to find match
radio button switch from add to find match
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transaction

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QuickBooks Online QBO – how to match negative credit card daily sales receipts | refund deposit