# Return a Sale

### Return a Sale

### Overview

This guide will help you record an authorized return against a completed sale.

Muhasib records the return and may update stock, customer balance, tax, revenue, cost, and payments according to settings.

### Who can do this

You need access to Sale Return plus customer, item, location, batch/serial, payment, and override permissions as needed.

### Before you start

Locate the original invoice and confirm return quantities, condition, destination location, refund or credit method, and approval.

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Back Office → Sales &amp; Customers → Sale Return.

### Return a Sale

#### Step 1: Start Sale Return and select the original sale when supported

#### Step 2: Confirm customer and original document details

#### Step 3: Select only the returned lines and quantities

#### Step 4: Confirm price, discount, tax, location, batch, serial, and return reason

#### Step 5: Select the authorized refund or customer-credit treatment

#### Step 6: Review totals and confirm once

#### Step 7: Print or retain the return document

### Check your work

Compare and Confirm the return with the original invoice, returned stock, customer ledger, refund/credit, tax, and accounting entries.

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- Never enter more than the allowed quantity without approved override.
- Check for an existing return before retrying.

### Related guides

- [Create a POS Sale](https://docs.muhasiberp.com/link/524)
- [Pay or Refund a Customer](https://docs.muhasiberp.com/link/211)
- [Correct or Reverse a Customer or Agent Transaction](https://docs.muhasiberp.com/link/214)

### What to do next

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