# List credit memos

Operation ID: `creditMemos`

Group: Accounting › Credit Memos

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`GET /accounting/credit-memos`

Read-only: Reads and returns; changes nothing.

Lists credit memos. To filter by credit memo number, customer name or number, entity name, description, or external identifier, use POST accounting/credit-memos/search.

## Parameters

| Name | In | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `Api-Version` | header | string · v1 | yes | The API version this request targets, named by its public identifier. Required on every request; omitting it, or naming a version this company does not have, is answered with 400. This document describes version `v1`. |

## Query surface

- `id` — filter by eq, ne, gt, gte, lt, lte, in, notIn, between, like
- `creditMemoDate` — filter by eq, ne, gt, gte, lt, lte, in, notIn, between
- `creditMemoStatus` — filter by eq, ne, gt, gte, lt, lte, in, notIn, between, like
- `creditMemoType` — filter by eq, ne, gt, gte, lt, lte, in, notIn, between, like
- `manualCreditMemoType` — filter by eq, ne, gt, gte, lt, lte, in, notIn, between, like
- `currency` — filter by eq, ne, gt, gte, lt, lte, in, notIn, between, like
- `customerId` — filter by eq, ne, gt, gte, lt, lte, in, notIn, between, like
- `entityId` — filter by eq, ne, gt, gte, lt, lte, in, notIn, between, like
- `invoiceId` — filter by eq, ne, gt, gte, lt, lte, in, notIn, between, like
- `lastModifiedDate` — filter by eq, ne, gt, gte, lt, lte, in, notIn, between
- Orderable: id, creditMemoDate, creditMemoStatus, creditMemoType, manualCreditMemoType, currency, customerId, entityId, invoiceId, subtotal, totalTax, totalDutiesAndCustoms, totalAmountCredited, appliedAmount, unappliedAmount, lastModifiedDate
- Selectable: id, creditMemoNumber, creditMemoDate, creditMemoStatus, creditMemoType, manualCreditMemoType, currency, description, externalCreditMemoId, customerId, customerName, customerNumber, entityId, entityName, invoiceId, invoiceNumber, subtotal, totalTax, totalDutiesAndCustoms, totalAmountCredited, appliedAmount, unappliedAmount, lastModifiedDate
- `page[size]` — Page size
- `page[cursor]` — Opaque continuation cursor

## Response

`200` Success

Under `data`, an array of creditMemosRow:

| Field | Type | Required | Filter | Sort | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `id` | string | no | Exact (`eq`, `ne`), Range (`gt`, `gte`, `lt`, `lte`, `between`), Any of (`in`, `notIn`), Pattern (`like`) | yes | The unique identifier for the credit memo. |
| `creditMemoNumber` | string \| null | no | no | no | The credit memo number, for example 'CM-1'. Absent while none has been assigned. |
| `creditMemoDate` | date | no | Exact (`eq`, `ne`), Range (`gt`, `gte`, `lt`, `lte`, `between`), Any of (`in`, `notIn`) | yes | The date the credit memo was issued. Format YYYY-MM-DD. |
| `creditMemoStatus` | string \| null | no | Exact (`eq`, `ne`), Range (`gt`, `gte`, `lt`, `lte`, `between`), Any of (`in`, `notIn`), Pattern (`like`) | yes | The application status of the credit memo. Possible values: 'unapplied', 'partiallyApplied', 'appliedInFull'. |
| `creditMemoType` | string \| null | no | Exact (`eq`, `ne`), Range (`gt`, `gte`, `lt`, `lte`, `between`), Any of (`in`, `notIn`), Pattern (`like`) | yes | How the credit memo was created. Possible values: 'manual', 'creditRebill', 'earlyRenewal', 'lateFees', 'cancellation', 'inventoryReturn'. Only 'manual' credit memos are created through this API. The rest come from internal workflows. |
| `manualCreditMemoType` | string \| null | no | Exact (`eq`, `ne`), Range (`gt`, `gte`, `lt`, `lte`, `between`), Any of (`in`, `notIn`), Pattern (`like`) | yes | The reason for a manual credit memo, as a tenant-configured key, for example 'writeOff' or 'customerSatisfaction'. Absent when creditMemoType is not 'manual'. |
| `currency` | string | no | Exact (`eq`, `ne`), Range (`gt`, `gte`, `lt`, `lte`, `between`), Any of (`in`, `notIn`), Pattern (`like`) | yes | The currency of the credit memo. Every amount on the record, its lines and its application rows is in this currency. Format ISO 4217, for example 'USD'. |
| `description` | string \| null | no | no | no | A free-form description of the credit memo. |
| `externalCreditMemoId` | string \| null | no | no | no | The identifier of this credit memo in an external source system. For identifiers owned by your other systems, use externalIdentifiers below. |
| `customerId` | string \| null | no | Exact (`eq`, `ne`), Range (`gt`, `gte`, `lt`, `lte`, `between`), Any of (`in`, `notIn`), Pattern (`like`) | yes | The customer the credit memo is issued to. See id on GET accounting/customers/:id. |
| `customerName` | string \| null | no | no | no | The name of the customer the credit memo is issued to. |
| `customerNumber` | string \| null | no | no | no | The customer number of the customer the credit memo is issued to. |
| `entityId` | string \| null | no | Exact (`eq`, `ne`), Range (`gt`, `gte`, `lt`, `lte`, `between`), Any of (`in`, `notIn`), Pattern (`like`) | yes | The legal entity that issued the credit memo. See id on GET base/entities. |
| `entityName` | string \| null | no | no | no | The name of the legal entity that issued the credit memo. |
| `invoiceId` | string \| null | no | Exact (`eq`, `ne`), Range (`gt`, `gte`, `lt`, `lte`, `between`), Any of (`in`, `notIn`), Pattern (`like`) | yes | The invoice the credit memo was created from. Absent when it was not created from an invoice. See id on GET accounting/invoices/:id. |
| `invoiceNumber` | string \| null | no | no | no | The number of the invoice the credit memo was created from. Present whenever invoiceId is. |
| `subtotal` | decimal \| null | no | no | yes | The subtotal before tax and duties, in the credit memo currency. Absent when no subtotal has been computed. |
| `totalTax` | decimal \| null | no | no | yes | The total tax across all lines, in the credit memo currency. |
| `totalDutiesAndCustoms` | decimal \| null | no | no | yes | The total duties and customs across all lines, in the credit memo currency. |
| `totalAmountCredited` | decimal \| null | no | no | yes | The total credited, including tax and duties, in the credit memo currency. |
| `appliedAmount` | decimal \| null | no | no | yes | The amount applied to invoices and debit memos so far, in the credit memo currency. This is the net of the application rows below. |
| `unappliedAmount` | decimal \| null | no | no | yes | The amount still available to apply, in the credit memo currency. |
| `lastModifiedDate` | date-time \| null | no | Exact (`eq`, `ne`), Range (`gt`, `gte`, `lt`, `lte`, `between`), Any of (`in`, `notIn`) | yes | The date and time the credit memo last changed, in UTC. Format YYYY-MM-DDTHH:mm:ss.sssZ. |

```json
{
  "data": [
    {
      "id": "3fa85f64-5717-4562-b3fc-2c963f66afa6",
      "creditMemoNumber": "<creditMemoNumber>",
      "creditMemoDate": "2026-01-15",
      "creditMemoStatus": "<creditMemoStatus>",
      "creditMemoType": "<creditMemoType>",
      "manualCreditMemoType": "<manualCreditMemoType>",
      "currency": "<currency>",
      "description": "<description>",
      "externalCreditMemoId": "3fa85f64-5717-4562-b3fc-2c963f66afa6",
      "customerId": "3fa85f64-5717-4562-b3fc-2c963f66afa6",
      "customerName": "<customerName>",
      "customerNumber": "<customerNumber>",
      "entityId": "3fa85f64-5717-4562-b3fc-2c963f66afa6",
      "entityName": "<entityName>",
      "invoiceId": "3fa85f64-5717-4562-b3fc-2c963f66afa6",
      "invoiceNumber": "<invoiceNumber>",
      "subtotal": "19.99",
      "totalTax": "19.99",
      "totalDutiesAndCustoms": "19.99",
      "totalAmountCredited": "19.99",
      "appliedAmount": "19.99",
      "unappliedAmount": "19.99",
      "lastModifiedDate": "2026-01-15T09:30:00.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "pagination": {
    "hasMore": true,
    "nextCursor": "<nextCursor>"
  }
}
```

## Statuses

- `400` — Invalid request or business failure
- `401` — The request carries no valid access token.
- `403` — Not authorized
- `404` — Not found
- `429` — Too many requests from this client address. The response has no body and no `Retry-After` header.
- `500` — Internal server error
