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POST
/
v2
/
credit_notes
Create a credit note
curl --request POST \
  --url https://thirdparty.qonto.com/v2/credit_notes \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '
{
  "invoice_id": "4d5418bb-bd0d-4df4-865c-c07afab8bb48",
  "issue_date": "2024-01-15",
  "reason": "Product returned",
  "currency": "EUR",
  "items": [
    {
      "title": "<string>",
      "quantity": "0.5",
      "unit_price": {
        "value": "<string>",
        "currency": "<string>"
      },
      "vat_rate": "0.1",
      "description": "<string>",
      "unit": "meter",
      "vat_exemption_reason": "N1",
      "discount": {
        "type": "percentage",
        "value": "0.1"
      }
    }
  ],
  "number": "CN-2024-001",
  "terms_and_conditions": "<string>",
  "contact_email": "contact@company.com",
  "discount": {
    "type": "percentage",
    "value": "0.1"
  },
  "welfare_fund": {
    "type": "TC01",
    "rate": "0.04"
  },
  "withholding_tax": {
    "reason": "RF01",
    "rate": "0.20",
    "payment_reason": "<string>"
  },
  "stamp_duty_amount": "2.00"
}
'
{
  "credit_note": {
    "id": "4d5418bb-bd0d-4df4-865c-c07afab8bb48",
    "invoice_id": "4d5418bb-bd0d-4df4-865c-c07afab8bb48",
    "attachment_id": "4d5418bb-bd0d-4df4-865c-c07afab8bb48",
    "issue_date": "2022-03-01",
    "invoice_issue_date": "2022-03-02",
    "number": "INV001",
    "terms_and_conditions": "This is an example.",
    "header": "This is an example.",
    "footer": "This is an example.",
    "vat_amount": {
      "value": "0.51",
      "currency": "EUR"
    },
    "vat_amount_cents": 51,
    "total_amount": {
      "value": "12.52",
      "currency": "EUR"
    },
    "total_amount_cents": 1252,
    "currency": "EUR",
    "created_at": "2022-03-04T17:58:30+02:00",
    "finalized_at": "2022-03-04T17:58:30+02:00",
    "contact_email": "contact@qonto.com",
    "invoice_url": "https://pay.qonto.com/invoices/00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000",
    "einvoicing_status": "pending",
    "welfare_fund": {
      "type": "TC01",
      "rate": "0.0001"
    },
    "withholding_tax": {
      "reason": "RF01",
      "rate": "0.01",
      "payment_reason": "<string>",
      "amount": "1.00"
    },
    "stamp_duty_amount": "1.00",
    "items": [
      {
        "title": "Plastic tables",
        "description": "Plastic tables for McDonald’s restaurants",
        "quantity": "1.5",
        "unit": "meter",
        "unit_price": {
          "value": "10.0",
          "currency": "EUR"
        },
        "unit_price_cents": 1000,
        "vat_rate": "0.1",
        "vat_exemption_reason": "N1",
        "discount": {
          "type": "percentage",
          "value": "0.1",
          "amount": {
            "value": "120",
            "currency": "EUR"
          }
        },
        "total_vat": {
          "value": "120",
          "currency": "EUR"
        },
        "total_vat_cents": 12000,
        "total_amount": {
          "value": "300.50",
          "currency": "EUR"
        },
        "total_amount_cents": 30050,
        "subtotal": {
          "value": "120",
          "currency": "EUR"
        },
        "subtotal_cents": 12000
      }
    ],
    "client": {
      "id": "33v418bb-bd0d-4df4-865c-c07afab8bb48",
      "name": "McDonald's",
      "first_name": "Jane",
      "last_name": "Doe",
      "type": "individual",
      "email": "client@qonto.com",
      "vat_number": "FR32123456789",
      "tax_identification_number": "123456789",
      "address": "1 place de l’Opéra",
      "city": "Paris",
      "zip_code": "75009",
      "province_code": "<string>",
      "country_code": "fr",
      "recipient_code": "<string>",
      "locale": "fr",
      "billing_address": {
        "street_address": "123 Main Street",
        "city": "Paris",
        "zip_code": "75009",
        "province_code": "<string>",
        "country_code": "FR"
      },
      "delivery_address": {
        "street_address": "123 Main Street",
        "city": "Paris",
        "zip_code": "75009",
        "province_code": "<string>",
        "country_code": "FR"
      }
    },
    "einvoicing_lifecycle_events": [
      {
        "status_code": 200,
        "reason": "DOUBLE FACTURE",
        "reason_message": "I already received this invoice",
        "timestamp": "2024-12-04T11:05:16.4497Z"
      }
    ]
  }
}

Authorizations

​
Authorization
string
header
required

Bearer authorization header: Bearer <token>, where <token> is the access token received from the authorization server at the end of the OAuth 2.0 flow.

Headers

​
X-Qonto-Staging-Token
string

Required only for Sandbox API requests; to get one, please sign up to the Developer Portal.

Body

application/json
​
invoice_id
string<uuid>
required

ID of the invoice to create the credit note for.

Example:

"4d5418bb-bd0d-4df4-865c-c07afab8bb48"

​
issue_date
string<date>
required

Date the credit note was issued. The format should be YYYY-MM-DD.

Example:

"2024-01-15"

​
reason
string
required

Reason for issuing the credit note.

Maximum string length: 500
Example:

"Product returned"

​
currency
string
required

Currency for the credit note. Trigram following ISO 4217.

Example:

"EUR"

​
items
object[]
required

Line items for the credit note. Quantities should be positive; the system will negate them.

​
number
string

Credit note number. Must be unique within the organization and is:

  • required if automatic numbering is disabled for the authenticated organization (default setting);
  • optional if automatic numbering is enabled for the authenticated organization. However, if provided, it will be used as the credit note number.
Maximum string length: 40
Example:

"CN-2024-001"

​
terms_and_conditions
string

Additional notes added by the credit note's initiator.

Maximum string length: 525
​
contact_email
string<email>

Contact email for the credit note.

Example:

"contact@company.com"

​
discount
object

Global discount applied to the entire credit note. This discount is applied to the sum of all items (after item-level discounts, if any).

​
welfare_fund
object

Italian-specific welfare fund details.

​
withholding_tax
object

Italian and Spanish-specific withholding tax details.

​
stamp_duty_amount
string

Italian-specific stamp duty amount.

Example:

"2.00"

Response

Returns the credit note created.

​
credit_note
object
required