---
title: Refunds generate payment transactions by default
date: 2026-09-03
description: Refund imports now generate the refund's payment transaction by default. This can be overridden in the `Refund: Generate Transaction` column.
tags: ["Orders","Imports"]
categories: ["Changelog"]
url: https://www.getaltera.com/changelog/2026-09-03-refunds-generate-transactions-by-default/
---
Refunding line items in bulk now creates a transaction as well. When you import `Refund Line` rows, the app generates the matching refund transaction for you, so a refund import needs fewer columns and the order's payment status reflects the refund.

### What's New

- **Refund: Generate Transaction** - refund imports generate the refund's payment transaction by default. Set this column to `FALSE` to record a refund without returning money (see [Refund: Generate Transaction](https://support.getaltera.com/en/articles/11490221-order-fields#refund-generate-transaction)).
- **Suggested amount** - the generated transaction refunds the unit price times the refunded quantity plus the tax on those units, using the gateway of the original payment.
- **Explicit transactions win** - a `Transaction` row that shares the `Refund: ID` is used as-is, so files that state their own refund amount work unchanged.

### Improvements

- **Clear result messages** - the import result notes each refund whose transaction was generated (ORD040) and warns when no transaction could be generated, for example on an unpaid order (ORD041) (see [error codes](https://support.getaltera.com/en/articles/11490216-error-and-warning-codes#ORD041)).
- **Refund guide** - the [line-item refund guide](https://support.getaltera.com/en/articles/14058005-how-to-bulk-refund-shopify-orders-by-line-item) covers the default, the `FALSE` option, and when to use a `Transaction` row instead.