Credit note (v2)
Credit note is one of Demiton's published registers for Australian civil construction. Credit notes issued against invoices. Demiton keeps it current from the systems a contractor already runs and publishes the record's shape as a versioned JSON Schema, so the same question works whichever system produced the record.
Part of Financials in the register catalog.
- Register ID
credit_noteUse this name to ask for the register. The API calls it a shelf ID.- Status
- PlannedDefined ahead of the connector that will fill it.
- Data
- OrganisationPrivate to each organisation's own workspace.
- Version
- v2 (2.0.1)Superseded by v3.
Standards
This register's contract was designed against these standards and laws. Holding these records does not by itself certify compliance.
- ATO record-keeping rulesATO business record-keeping rules (ITAA 1936 s 262A; TAA 1953 Sch 1 s 382-5)
- Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) s 286Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) - obligation to keep financial records
- PINT A-NZ Billing BISPeppol PINT A-NZ Billing BIS
- EN 16931-1:2017CEN EN 16931-1 semantic data model (covers invoice and credit note)
- Peppol BIS Billing 3.0Peppol BIS Billing 3.0 (CIUS of EN 16931)
- GST Act 1985 (NZ)Goods and Services Tax Act 1985 (NZ) - supply correction information
- PINT A-NZ Billing BISPeppol PINT A-NZ Billing BIS
Connectors
Connected today
Demiton keeps this register current from these systems now.
No system fills this register yet.
On the roadmap
Systems in the planned connector rollout that can fill this register. Partial means the system holds only some of its fields.
None planned yet.
Fields
19 fields: 7 required, 12 optional.
Required
Every record carries these fields.
- totalMoney amount
The credit note total including tax.
Example:
8250- statusText
Draft, authorised, paid or voided.
Example:
authorised- currencycurrency
The currency the credit note is in.
Example:
AUD- directionText
Whether this is a receivable credit or a payable credit.
Example:
payable- issued_onDate
The credit note's date.
Example:
2026-06-18- external_idText
The source system's own credit note id.
Example:
BC-CN-100542- counterpartyText
The customer or supplier the credit is with.
Example:
Sunshine Coast Quarries Pty Ltd
Optional
Present when the source system records them.
- due_onDate
When the credit falls due.
- numberText
The credit note number.
Example:
CN-100542- subtotalMoney amount
The total before tax.
Example:
7500- referenceText
The counterparty's reference.
Example:
Returned aggregate - PO 44120- total_taxMoney amount
The tax on the credit note.
Example:
750- line_itemsList
The credit note's lines.
- allocationsList
Which invoices the credit was applied to.
- legal_entityText
The legal entity that holds the credit note.
Example:
Bridgeworks Group Pty Ltd- currency_rateDecimal number
The exchange rate applied.
- fully_paid_onDate
When the credit was fully used.
- applied_amountMoney amount
Credit already applied.
- remaining_creditMoney amount
Credit not yet allocated.
Example:
8250
Example record
A sample from Bridgeworks Group, Demiton's demonstration company. The values are illustrative; the shape is exactly what the contract describes.
{ "counterparty": "Sunshine Coast Quarries Pty Ltd", "currency": "AUD", "direction": "payable", "external_id": "BC-CN-100542", "issued_on": "2026-06-18", "legal_entity": "Bridgeworks Group Pty Ltd", "number": "CN-100542", "reference": "Returned aggregate - PO 44120", "remaining_credit": 8250, "source_system": "D365_BUSINESS_CENTRAL", "status": "authorised", "subtotal": 7500, "total": 8250, "total_tax": 750}Version history
Use this contract
The contract is a standard JSON Schema (draft 2020-12) document, so any JSON Schema validator can check a record against it. Keywords starting with x-demiton- add Demiton's own meaning, such as units and requiredness, and validators ignore them.
https://docs.demiton.io/registers/credit_note/v2.jsonShow the full JSON Schema
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