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title: "Adding a Credit to an Existing Invoice"
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updated: 2025-04-14T08:52:14Z
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# Adding a Credit to an Existing Invoice

Quantify enables you to add credits to existing Invoices through the Invoice Edit feature. For complete details about editing Invoices, refer to [*Editing an Invoice*](/v1/docs/editing-an-invoice).

> [!WARNING]
> **Note:** This method is only possible on invoices for Regular Job Sites and is not possible on invoices for Scaffold Tracking Job Sites.

To add a credit to an existing Invoice:

1. Click the **Invoices** tab. ![](https://cdn.document360.io/ae69c864-58f0-4711-91e1-d1c2f7dff95f/Images/Documentation/833cc672-9e16-471c-82dd-288c9b558dd7.png)
2. Locate and click the appropriate Invoice and click the **Edit Invoice** button ( ![](https://cdn.document360.io/ae69c864-58f0-4711-91e1-d1c2f7dff95f/Images/Documentation/4ab8e3d3-3718-4314-9246-5d68c5da1d3a.png)). ![](https://cdn.document360.io/ae69c864-58f0-4711-91e1-d1c2f7dff95f/Images/Documentation/595da860-af35-43a9-b979-5cbe41b4b5b8.png) The *Invoice* dialog appears.
3. Click the appropriate **Additional** **Charge** item. ![](https://cdn.document360.io/ae69c864-58f0-4711-91e1-d1c2f7dff95f/Images/Documentation/c821e69b-90c2-4b91-a8a2-15b9e5dc3bd0.png)

> **Note:** This Additional Charge item must allow negative prices. For information about setting up Additional Charges for use as credits, refer to the *Adding an Additional Charge for Credit* section of [*Working with Additional Charges*](/v1/docs/working-with-additional-charges).
> 
> ![](https://cdn.document360.io/ae69c864-58f0-4711-91e1-d1c2f7dff95f/Images/Documentation/image-65ZFLO05.png)

As necessary:
4. Click in the **Description** text field and edit the description.
5. Quantify will include this description in Invoices and reports.

> **Note:** This must be enabled through [the *Global Options* dialog](/v1/docs/the-global-options-dialog).
6. Click in the cell in the charge's **Price/Unit** column and enter a negative amount**.**
7. Click in the cell in the charge's **No. Units** column and enter 1 if this amount is not multiplied. ![](https://cdn.document360.io/ae69c864-58f0-4711-91e1-d1c2f7dff95f/Images/Documentation/8d29873c-e682-4f1d-b67c-fdbbade78e31.png)
8. Click the checkbox in the charge's **Taxable** column (to put a check in it) if this credit is for taxable items or services. Quantify will include negative tax charges on the Invoice. ![](https://cdn.document360.io/ae69c864-58f0-4711-91e1-d1c2f7dff95f/Images/Documentation/a2636402-a4d1-44e8-88e0-9b9434e84997.png)
9. Repeat the above procedures as many times as necessary.
10. Click **OK**. ![](https://cdn.document360.io/ae69c864-58f0-4711-91e1-d1c2f7dff95f/Images/Documentation/e14bcf1c-6ed1-4684-8008-5bfc2caef84b.png)