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Reconcile a Business Central credit memo with an Avalara AvaTax refund
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Confirm a Business Central credit memo reversed tax in AvaTax

For finance teams who want to know whether a posted Business Central credit memo has a matching return in Avalara AvaTax, just by asking.

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Reconcile a Business Central credit memo with an Avalara AvaTax refund
Does Business Central credit memo CM-1041 have a matching refund in Avalara AvaTax?
Credit memo CM-1041 has no matching return in AvaTax, but the original sale exists. - Credit memo: 560.00 plus 44.80 tax - Original sale: INV-1007, committed - Return: not found Tax may still be overstated for the period. Want me to check the other credit memos from this month?
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The problem

The problem

The prompt

Who it's for

How it works

Tools used

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The problem

Credit memos that never reversed the tax

A credit memo is posted in Business Central, but nobody confirms the sale was reversed in Avalara AvaTax. The tax stays overstated until someone notices at filing.

Without PopdockAI

  • Open the credit memo in Business Central
  • Search AvaTax for a matching return
  • Find the original sale and compare amounts
  • Notice the overstated tax at filing

With PopdockAI

  • The credit memo is read, and cancelled ones are skipped
  • AvaTax is checked for a matching return and the original sale
  • Amounts are compared as absolute values
  • A missing return is told apart from a missing sale

The prompt

Use this prompt

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Prompt
**Objective:** Check that Business Central posted sales credit memo `{credit-memo-number}` is reflected as a return or refund transaction in Avalara AvaTax.

**Step 1: Read the credit memo in Business Central**

Call `business-central-get-posted-sales-credit-memo` with `credit-memo-number` set to `{credit-memo-number}`. If nothing is returned, say so and stop. Keep `sell-to-customer-number`, `posting-date`, `total-amount`, `total-amount-including-tax`, `applies-to-document-number` and `cancelled`. Credit memo tax is `total-amount-including-tax` minus `total-amount`.

**Step 2: Find the return in Avalara AvaTax**

Call `avalara-avatax-get-transaction` with `code` set to `{credit-memo-number}`. If nothing is returned and `applies-to-document-number` is not empty, call it with `code` set to that invoice number to see whether the original sale exists. If still nothing, retry with `customer-code` set to the Business Central `sell-to-customer-number`, `date.from` and `date.to` set to `posting-date`.

**Step 3: Report**

State whether a return transaction exists, its `code`, `document-type`, `status`, `total-amount` and `total-tax`, and compare them with the credit memo (signs may be opposite; compare absolute values). Say whether the original invoice is present in AvaTax.

**Rules & Guidelines:**

* Tools whose names start with avalara-avatax- are on the avalara-avatax MCP server; tools whose names start with business-central- are on the business-central MCP server. Both servers must be connected.
* This prompt is read-only. Never call any create, update, delete, add, void, commit, adjust, refund or other action tool on either server.
* Report what the two systems show. Do not present results as tax advice or as a filed return.

**Validation:**

* If the credit memo is `cancelled`, report that and do not expect an AvaTax return.
* If no return exists but the original sale does, report that the sale was not reversed in AvaTax.
* If nothing is found at all, report the credit memo as absent from AvaTax.

Who it's for

One answer, three teams that use it

Tax accountants

Confirm refunds reduced the tax

Check that a credit memo has a matching AvaTax return, so filed tax is not overstated.

Is there an AvaTax return for Business Central credit memo CM-1077?

Accounts receivable specialists

Close the loop on customer credits

Know whether the credit you issued was carried through to the tax engine.

Check credit memo CM-1102 for Contoso against Avalara AvaTax.

Controllers

Review credits before a filing

Spot missing returns and missing original sales separately, so you know what to fix.

Reconcile Business Central credit memo CM-1089 with AvaTax and tell me if the original sale is there.

How it works

What PopdockAI does when you ask

You name a posted credit memo and your AI assistant checks AvaTax for the matching return. Nothing is changed in either system.

01

Ask

You name the posted credit memo.

Your AI tool

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Read

It reads the credit memo and skips it if cancelled.

No items found.

03

Match

It looks for a matching AvaTax return and the original sale.

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Report

You get the result, with a missing return told apart from a missing sale.

Your AI tool

What PopdockAI provides

The tools behind the answer

Ready made tools for Avalara AvaTax and one secure connection to your AI tool. No code, no exports.

get-data

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Returns Avalara AvaTax sales tax transactions with the filters the tool offers, for the selected AvaTax company. Read-only.
Read only.Nothing in Avalara AvaTax Changes

This report is built from Get data tools only. PopdockAI applies the row, field and parameter rules your admin sets, and every query is written to the audit trail.

How Popdock AI secures your data

The outcome

Credit memos matched to returns before filing

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