Refund a closed check

Note: The credit card must be present when refunding a credit card transaction.

A closed check from any business day can be refunded up to 90 days from the date of the check.

  • Locate and reopen closed check: 

    • Go to Check Search (locate check by using any of the available criteria)

    • Tap Reopen Check

  • Go to Adjustments. There are two ways to access Adjustments:

    • Tap the $ icon on the check panel and tap Adjustments from the pop-up OR

    • Tap Payment (red button at top of check panel) 

 

  • If Payment was tapped, the payment screen will be shown. Tap Adjustments.

Adjustments screen

  • The basic refund workflow is: 

    • Tap the item

    • Tap the reason

    • Tap the payment method 

  • There are two types of adjustments available: 

    • Check-level adjustment - Adjust Check(s)

      • Tap the check under Adjust Check(s) to apply adjustment to the entire check 

    • Item-level adjustment - Adjust Item(s)

      • Tap an item under Adjust Item(s) to apply adjustment to an item

  • Tap the check or item to be refunded (the line will be highlighted)

  • Tap a refund reason

  • Tap the original payment method used under Applied Payments.

    • There might be multiple payment methods used originally if the guest paid partial payments using cash, credit card or gift card.

Credit card refund

Mercury/Vantiv and OpenEdge credit card transactions can be refunded using the Order Entry refund process. Other card processors may require contacting the processor directly to process a credit card refund. 

Refund screen

  • When the applied payment is tapped, the Refund screen opens.

  • Note that the new balance is negative.

  • Select the payment method for the refund by tapping one of the buttons on the top of the screen.

  • Tap Apply Payment to refund the check.

  • Tap OK and tap Finalize to close the check.

 

 

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