Currently, you don't have a way to link a cash receipt (specifically a refund from a vendor) to the vendor record or AP invoice. The only solution I see in your help section is to create a "dummy" invoice and credit memo in the vendor record, apply the credit memo, and select "do not post" for both. It is not ideal to create a fake invoice, and it would be nice to have a way to link AP refunds to vendors and the specific invoice they relate to. Otherwise, it creates a lot of work to hunt down where the cash receipt came from, and which invoice was fully or partially refunded.
Agreed. In the options next to credit memo it would be great to also have refund. I'm creating a journal entry for a refund that was deposited back to our bank account but there is not way to connect this to the vendor. In the past when this has happened I have done it as a credit memo and just manipulated it with the next invoices and clear many to one on the bank rec. However, this refund is larger than my next invoice and I need it recorded so I can close the month.