# How to return stock to a supplier when they were not received in Accentis Enterprise

KB257

### Overview

Sometimes you have stock items that you bought from a supplier either without using a Purchase order and Receive, or because you bought them in your old system before you started using Accentis, and you need to return these goods to the supplier.

### Process

1. Create a stock adjustment to take goods out of stock:
   1. Use a clearing account for the Allocation account — either create one for this purpose or have a "Supplier returns" stock adjustment reason — Inventory > Setup > Stock adjustment reasons
2. Manual Supplier Invoice credit:
   1. Create a negative supplier invoice for the supplier — don't use a purchase order, just a direct invoice
   2. Use direct account entry (full stop) notation to allocate the credit directly to a General ledger account
   3. Use the SAME General ledger account to which you allocated the stock adjustment above

### Additional Notes

If there is a difference between the amount of credit you are claiming and the average cost of the stock that you adjusted out, you will end up with a net figure posting to the General ledger account. This is ok, but it can look as though you have gained or lost money on the transaction.

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