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Refund and Exchange Record

A free printable refund record sheet for a shop — date, receipt number, item, reason, refund or exchange, amount, method, where the stock went and who signed.

First page of the Refund and Exchange Record — See refunds as a pattern rather than a series of one-offs, and match the till's refund total to a named reason and an authorising initial every time.
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What this sheet is for

See refunds as a pattern rather than a series of one-offs, and match the till's refund total to a named reason and an authorising initial every time.

Who it is for

Owners, managers and till staff of an independent shop or a branch, where refunds are given at the counter rather than through a central returns desk.

How to use it

  1. Keep the sheet by the till and fill a row in as each refund or exchange is done.
  2. Write the receipt number, or 'none' if there was not one, and the reason briefly.
  3. Mark refund or exchange, the amount and how it was given back.
  4. Note whether the item went back to stock or was written off.
  5. Get the authorising initial before the row is closed.

What is on the sheet

One page, top to bottom:

Printed under the title: A running record of refunds and exchanges given at the till — the receipt, the item, the reason, the amount and who authorised it — so a pattern shows up before stocktake does.

Your policy decides, this records. What can be refunded, within what time and in what form is your refund policy and the rules where you are — check both. Nothing here says what the customer was entitled to; it records what was given.

Write-on lines: Shop / branch · Week beginning · Till / register · Sheet no.

Table, 14 rows: Date · Receipt no. · Item · Reason · R / X · Amount · Method · Stock · Auth. by

Questions

Does this sheet say what a customer is entitled to?

No. That is your refund policy and the consumer rules where you are, which differ from place to place — check both. The sheet records what was given and why, so the till total and the stock both add up.

Why record what happened to the item?

Because a refunded item that quietly went back on the shelf and one that was binned affect the stock count differently, and stocktake is when the difference surfaces if it was not written down.

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