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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