Supplier credit notes for SAP B1

A supplier A/P credit memo reduces what you owe a vendor, usually for returns, short deliveries or a pricing error.

What SAP B1 does on its own

A/P credit memos.

What you need in SAP B1

• Purchasing authorisation

Setting it up in SAP B1

Where to find it: Purchasing - A/P > A/P Credit Memo; copy from A/P Invoice or Goods Return

1. Open A/P Credit Memo.
2. Copy from the A/P invoice or goods return, or enter a new credit memo.
3. Check the rows and amounts.
4. Choose Add.
5. Reconcile the credit memo with the invoice.

Good to know in SAP B1

• A goods return counts under Goods Receipt PO and lowers the purchased amount in reports.
• A/P invoices are legally binding, so errors are cancelled or credited.
• Cancelled documents are left out of the Purchase Analysis report.

How to do it in SAP B1

How to apply a credit memo to a vendor invoice in SAP B1

In SAP B1, enter the A/P credit memo for the vendor, then allocate it to the A/P invoice it credits. Pay the balance that is left.

What Pulsify adds

1. Forward the credit note like any invoice. Pulsify recognises it.
2. Pulsify reads it line by line and looks for the original invoice.
3. It flags a credit note with a missing, unknown or smaller original invoice.
4. On approval the credit is created in SAP B1 against the original bill.

Pulsify connects to SAP B1. We set up the connection for you. More about supplier credit notes in Pulsify.

What Pulsify does not do

• Check the credit is applied before the next payment run, so you do not pay the full bill.

More help

• Supplier credit notes for Business Central
• Supplier credit notes for MYOB Acumatica
• Supplier credit notes for Sage 200
• Duplicate invoice checks for SAP B1
• Invoice fraud checks for SAP B1
• Line item coding for SAP B1
• All SAP B1 how-to guides

Sources

Last checked 2026-10-19.

• help.sap.com/docs/SAP_BUSINESS_ONE/68a2e87fb29941b5bf959a184d9c6727/44fd93db93202463e10000000a1553f7.html