How do I reverse a purchase order that I've received?
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Create a purchase return from landed cost calculations
Depending on the status of a purchase order (PO) and its currency type, there are several different ways to reverse a receipt or bill.
How do I reverse a fully or partially receipted local currency PO?
Fully receipted local currency PO:
- Go to Purchases, then select Purchase orders.
- Search for and click on the purchase order to open it.
- Click View bills.

- Click on the bill you want to reverse.
- Click Actions, then select Create return and redo PO.

A purchase return (reversal of the receipted items), supplier credit note, and a new PO for changes and stock receiving will then be created.
Partially receipted local currency PO:
- Go to Purchases, then select Supplier bills.
- Search for and click on the supplier bill/invoice to open it.
- Click Actions
Partially receipted View the PO's bill Go to Purchases menu Supplier bills Search for the PO number or supplier invoice/bill number Click on the right bill version to open Click "Action" Click "Create return and redo PO"
How do I reverse an overseas (foreign currency) PO?
Overseas/foreign currency purchase orders
If the PO has an outstanding receipt that is on waiting bill, then to reverse this receipt:
- Go to Purchases menu
- Purchase orders
- Search for the PO number
- Click to open
- Two PO statues:
- Partially receipted:
- Click "more"
- Click "Undo awaiting bill receive(s)"
- Fully receipted:
For a fully receipted and costed PO, there are two main steps:
- Create a purchase return to reverse or offset the items in the supplier bill
- Go to Purchases menu
- Supplier bills
- Search for the PO number or supplier invoice/bill number
- Click on the right bill version to open
- Tick all the line items
- Click "Action"
- Click "Create purchase return".
- By clicking on this option, the system creates a reversal of the billed items, and then opens it for editing.
- To complete this return and create a reversal supplier credit note, perform a landed cost calculation:
- Receive the purchase return PO in full
- Immediately, click on "Go to 'Received awaiting bill'". Alternatively, go to Purchases menu, then "Received awaiting bill".
- Open the PO
- Click "Create bill"
- Enter the same supplier invoices details including date and number. For the invoice numbers, enter with a return word suffix, for example: 1234-Return
- If any, add the remaining supplier invoices/bills that were included in the initial landed cost
- When ready, finalise the costing to create the credit note
- Once the reversal is finished, create a new PO with the same information as the old one, but with any corrections made.
- Follow the normal PO process
Create a purchase return from landed cost calculations
There are three main steps to create a purchase return from a finalised/posted landed cost calculation:
- Create a new PO return and a reversal of the loaded landed cost
- Go to Purchases menu, then Landed cost calculations
- Find the posted landed cost in concern and open it to view
- Click "Create PO return" (at the top) and confirm. After that, the system will automatically:
- Create a purchase order return for the billed and receipted PO
- Make a copy and reversal of the current landed cost calculation, then add the new PO return to it
- Open the new landed cost calculation into view
- Manually receive the new PO return that has been created on step 1. Ensure the receipt quantities are in negative signs.
- Finalise and post the new reversal landed cost calculation
If required, redo and correct the original purchase order receipt:
After the PO and landed cost calculation has been reversed (using the method outlined above), the original PO can be copied to a new PO for editing and redo receipt.
- Go to Purchases menu, then Purchase orders
- Search for the original PO number and open it to view
- Copy the PO:
- Click "more"
- Click "Copy"
- Click Yes to confirm
- After the PO has been copied
- Click No not to open the new PO
- If the original PO's status is part-fulfilled:
- Click "more"
- Click "Complete" to close this PO off with no more product receipts
- Open the new PO (created above)
- Do the necessary edits and corrections
- When ready, receive the new PO
- And go through the landed cost calculation to finalise and post the PO receipt and supplier bills