How do you print a refund check to customer?
Maybe this is a dumb question, but how does anyone print a refund check to a customer? We cant find anywhere to either just print a check and pick a customer, or where to do so from a credit note.
Cant't update custom field when custom field is external lookup in Zoho Books
Hello I use that : po = zoho.books.updateRecord("purchaseorders",XXXX,purchaseorder_id,updateCustomFieldseMap,"el_books_connection"); c_f_Map2 = Map(); c_f_Map2.put("label","EL ORDER ID"); c_f_Map2.put("value",el_order_id); c_f_List.add(c_f_Map2); updateCustomFieldseMap
Printed Reports, Increase Font SIZE
I need to send some printed copies of financial reports to my attorney. The reports print out with microscopic fonts. How do I increase the font size so that a normal human can read the text? Every other accounting app can do this so I imagine I have
Avoid email sending!
Hello, Thanks you Zoho for the wonderful apps you provide. Question: Is there a way to disable sending emails when: - creating an estimate or billing. Thanks Tommy
Need to show discount before total after subtotal
Need to show discount before total after subtotal on my estimate template (see attachment)
Email a "thank you" note for this payment is NOW checked by default
Hello Team, Just noticed that Email a "thank you" note for this payment is now checked by default. I tried searching in Preferences and there is no way to turn this off. I do not want this to be the default. Is there a way to turn this off?
End-to-end services hours
We are trying to determine the best method of quoting service hours on quotes but only present the sum amount to a customer, without losing the tracking of quantity of hours for invoicing purposes. Does anyone have a good method they have determined?
Specific Approval Question
Hi everyone, Just a quick question here. I have located the "Approval Type" in the preferences, which is great, and I am sure we could make use of it. However, I am trying to understand how I can implement an approval "workflow". The business call it
Zoho Books - Show Discount Totals When Greater Than Zero
Hi Books Team, I understand that to show or hide discount amount on a Quote or Invoice, I need to use different templates. It would be a great quality of life improvement for users if we had an option to show or hide the discount amount at line item and
Specifying a filename for Schedule Reports
Is it possible to specify a filename to use with scheduled reports? For example: With a general ledger report, instead of general_ledger.pdf I would like to include the date the report was generated in the filename so it is called general_ledger_202
Fire a webhook when the user gets access to portal
Hello, We would like to know if there is any way in which we can automate a webhook call if the user accepts the portal invitation that Zoho sends by email. The customer module does have the option to trigger webhooks when a customer is created, updated,
One Contact with Multiple Accounts with Portal enabled
I have a contact that manages different accounts, so he needs to see the invoices of all the companies he manage in Portal but I found it not possible.. any idea? I tried to set different customers with the same email contact with the portal enabled and
Feature Request - Zoho Books - Add Retainer Invoices to CRM/Books integration
Hi Books Team, My feature request is to include Retainer Invoices in the finance suite integration with Zoho CRM. This way we will be able to see if retainer invoices have been issued and paid. I have also noticed that when the generate retainer invoice
Books <-> CRM synchronisation with custom Fields
Hello, We are synchronising Books Customers with CRM Accounts. In CRM Accounts I set up last year a "segments" multiselect field shown below In Books, I set up a custom multi-select field with the same value as in the CRM And set up the synchronisation inside Books. Want to synchronise the Books Segments with the CRM Segments, but the later doesn't exist, and another non-existing is there ?! First, I don't understand where the field Segmentation is coming from. Second, I set CRM Segmentation to sync
Edit Reconciled Transactions
I realize transaction amounts and certain accounts cannot be edited easily once reconciled, but when I audit my operational transactions quarterly and at the end of the year sometimes I need to change the expense account for a few transactions. To do
Edit a previous reconciliation
I realized that during my March bank reconciliation, I chose the wrong check to reconcile (they were for the same amount on the same date, I just chose the wrong check to reconcile). So now, the incorrect check is showing as un-reconciled. Is there any way I can edit a previous reconciliation (this is 7 months ago) so I can adjust the check that was reconciled? The amounts are exactly the same and it won't change my ending balance.
Different Transaction Series for Different Types of Sales
Is there any way I can create multiple transaction series for different type of Sales? Say B2B-001 and B2C -001 for respective type of Sales.?
Unable to charge GST on shipping/packing & Forwarding charges in INDIA
Currently, tax rates only apply to items. It does not apply tax to any shipping or packing & forwarding charges that may be on the order as well. However, these charges are taxable under GST in India. Please add the ability to apply tax to these charges.
Customer Advance Zoho Book API
All I could find was Customer Payment API, it does not have facility to add customer advances, where those are not linked to any invoice as such. How to do it?
Even though the received amount+tax is equal to or lesser than the invoice value, zoho doesnt allow to record
Even though the received amount+tax is equal to or lesser than the invoice value, Zoho mentioned the error- you've recorded more payment than the actual invoice balance. please check again. screenshot also attached. You've recorded more payment than
Multiple deductions in invoice
I issue invoices to a customer that include multiple deductions that I would like to track in different expense accounts. But that is not possible in Zoho Books as there is only one Deduction field and even that I don't have control over to assign it
采购里出现付款通知 的错误
采购里面出现付款通知错误，怎么调整，我找不到路径，好像是ZOHO 自动生成的，请问怎么调整
{"code":1002,"message":"Statement of Accounts does not exist."}
Hello Zoho team, I faced an issue while trying to POST a sales order from sap to zoho books, using the below data packet: { "customer_id": "4322967000027451968", "line_items": [ { "item_id": "2154170000010847685", "rate": "752.00",
Add Custom Fields only in Customer module and not on supplier module!? Is not there a way to do that!?
I am trying to create custom fields on clients module but it also gets created on suppliers module; which of course does not make sense at all as a lot of custom fields are client or supplier specific but never both. I am missing something? This seems
Logging website service fees
Hello, I do a lot of freelance work on sites like Upwork and Wyzant and others and those companies take a small cut from what I pay or what I earn and I am wondering what is the correct way to log this in my books. For example if I charge $55 per hour
How do i clear a liability account without making a payment?
I have a liability account with a provision for an expected bill from previous years. However the bill never arrived and the provision/liability account with Cr balance has been carried forward for many years now. How do i know clear the provision made
2 Transactions for single Expense
I have make 2 payments and have 1 Invoice containing both the items. My Bank Feeds show 2 Transactions, How can i associate them with Single Expense? I tried adding them to Advance Payment, but advance payment I can only apply to Bills It seems. Why cant
Data privacy concerns
Does Zoho team have access to my data in the database e.g. Balance Sheet, Bank account transactions, Profit & Loss statement etc.
Page Layouts for Standard Modules like CRM
For standard modules like quotes, invoices, purchase orders, etc, it would be a great feature to be able to create custom page layouts with custom fields in Zoho Books similar to how you can in Zoho CRM. For example, and my current use case, I have a
Zoho Books | Product updates | June 2025
Hello Users, We’ve rolled out new features and enhancements in Zoho Books, from the option to record advances for purchase orders to dynamic lookup fields, all designed to help you stay on top of your finances with ease. Introducing Change Comparators
Unable to Convert Quote to Invoice – Integration Active but User Not Recognized
I’m having trouble converting a Quote into an Invoice inside Zoho CRM, even though the Zoho Finance Suite integration is enabled (Invoices, Quotes, Products, and Customers are all checked), and my user is an Admin in both Zoho CRM and Zoho Books, using
Owner drawings
I entered an owner’s drawing transaction in 2023 but it’s still appearing on 2024 books. Is that supposed to happen? Or should Is there an additional step? I prefer for this transaction not to appear.
Running Balance in Account Statement.
Running balance should come by default in the accounting statements but in ZOHO we need to customize every time to get the running balance in accounting statement. I did not understand, when the bank account statement opened from Bank Menu can show the
Importing Invoices
Dear Team I used the enclosed csv file to import some invoices and it worked fine. I had to delete the file and when I am trying to re-upload it, I am getting the error for invoice number and branch "Resource does not exit." I tried a number of different
Treatment of Non-Refundable Income after cancelling an Invoice
A customer made part payments of 30,000 for an invoice 0f 100,000, and then he is unable to pay up the remaining and has asked for a refund. As per company policy, he can only get 75% of the amount paid, which is 22,500. The remaining 7,500 is non-refundable
I need refund
I have purchased the Zoho Book standard plan; I had the impression that I would get the purchase > Bill feature. After purchasing, I found that billing is not included in the Zoho standard plan. I immediately canceled the subscription. I love the product,
Creating Deposit Invoices
Hi, we are a company that does project based work with a request at the begining of each project for a deposit payment. At the moment we are creating invoices for the deposit and an invoice for the completion of the project, however they are completely
Conditional display of fields in Zoho Books Custom modules based on another field
We're currently working with a Custom Module in Zoho Books and have a question about improving data entry efficiency and user experience. Our module includes a "Client Type" dropdown field, which determines the type of information to be collected. Each
Critical:- Eneble TDS filing for 26Q from the zoho book
We currently extract TDS data from Zoho Books and manually input it into a separate TDS software to generate the FUV file and file returns. Previously, while using Tally, we benefited from an integrated feature that seamlessly recorded transactions and
Constantly getting error 429 "Too Many Requests" despite not sending many requests.
I am currently working on developing an integration between our company's app and our zoho books setup using the api. When testing new functionality, I am very often having the calls fail with Error 429 'You have made too many requests continuously. Please
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