Partial refund not shown on Invoice
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Hello there! I’ve been using “PDF Invoice for “PDF Invoices & Packing Slips for WooCommerce” with no issues for two years now. Today I had to issue a partial refund to a recent order via PayPal. I went to PayPal, did the refund of 18$, then I went to woocommerce and saw that the order was automatically updated and appeared with the $18 refund and a new total. After that, I generated the Invoice for this order. However, the refund doesn’t appear on the Invoice and it still gives the old total. What can I do so the refund and new total shows on the Invoice? I can re-generate the invoice with new parameters if needed.
Thank you for your assistance.
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@gui113m i found this reply when searching so it is unlikely there is going to be fix for this
https://ww.wp.xz.cn/support/topic/refunds-not-reflected-on-invoice/
Thank you both for your input.
Regarding this:
“We follow GAAP (Generally Accepted Accounting Principles) which states that administrative changes should be documented separately. This means that an original invoice should never be modified by a refund. In most countries (at least in the EU) this is even considered fraudulent (and illegal).”
I find this a bit perplexing. In practical scenarios, like when a product costs $80 and a customer pays with a $100 bill, giving $20 back as change, we can still issue an $80 invoice without it being fraudulent.
The issue arises if an invoice is already issued for $100 and the customer has a copy of it. Modifying this existing invoice would indeed be considered fraudulent, especially in the EU. However, we are discussing issuing a partial refund before any invoice is generated.
Creating a new invoice manually with a negative amount is an option, but it’s quite cumbersome. It would be more straightforward if the process could be automated with the plugin.
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