Notification of a refund request should come to the Treasurer/Finance Committee from either Weekend Leadership (team) or Pre-Weekend Committee (candidates). There are two steps involved: 1) Issue the refund in Planning Center, 2) Record the refund in QuickBooks.
Issue Refund in Planning Center Registrations
Steps:
- Navigate to Planning Center Registrations; open the appropriate Registration event.
- Open the “Cancelled” attendees on the left side of the page. The Weekend Leadership Team or Pre-Weekend Committee should take care of cancelling the registration.
- Click to open the registration
- Tap “Issue Refund” to refund to the card used for the original registration payment
Record Refund in QuickBooks
If a full refund and the original invoice HAS NOT been voided:
- Tap “+New” then “Refund receipt”
- Enter the name of the person who paid the fee (generally the sponsor or team member)
- Enter the Weekend Number
- Enter “Stripe” as the payment method
- Enter “Undeposited Funds” as the “Refund From” account.
- Enter the category of the fee (team fee or candidate sponsorship.) This will record the reduction of fees for the weekend
- Enter the weekend number in the “Class” field
- Enter a memo in the “Message displayed on Statement” field.
If a full refund and the original invoice HAS been voided:
- Record “Expense” (not a “check”) to the payee using “Undeposited Funds” as the Payment Account. NOTE: Undeposited Funds will not be an option unless using the “Expense” tool.
- The Category will be “Accounts Receivable”, Description “Refund Deposit”, Donor/Project = payee’s name.
If refunding a deposit only (less than a full fee):
- Create a Credit Memo to reverse the invoice
- Record “Expense” (not a “check”) to the payee using “Undeposited Funds” as the Payment Account. NOTE: Undeposited Funds will not be an option unless using the “Expense” tool.
- The Category will be “Accounts Receivable”, Description “Refund Deposit”, Donor/Project = payee’s name.