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Used to generate a refund on a cardholder’s account. A return does not void a previous purchase. It is a separate transaction that eventually appears on the cardholder’s statement.
When processing, evaluate the API field 1003 return response to determine if a transaction was approved, declined, or otherwise unsuccessful. Declined and Unsuccessful transactions will not be settled or funded.

-   Manually keyed and token return transactions must include a valid expiration date in API field 0004.
-   A credit card return transaction must include the appropriate industry-specific extended data.

:::notice{important}
To ensure Return (09) transactions are processed correctly, merchants must retain the PS2000 data returned in API field 0740 (Return Compliance Data) for Auth and Sale transactions. Field 0740 values must be sent unaltered with Return transactions. **Data in 0740 may vary in format depending on card brand and transaction type.**
:::

:::notice{note}
Online return support is not provided by all TPPs and not all card brands. Returns for unsupported brands will not be sent online for approval, and the transaction will be placed into the batch for settlement if successful (API 1003 = 0000).
:::

## Manual/Key Entry Return
The following is an example of a manual-keyed account number return transaction.

**Request**				
|	API Field/Value	|	Description	|
|	----	|	----	|
|	0001,09	|	Transaction Type	|
|	0002,20.00	|	Transaction Amount	|
|	0003,************1865	|	Credit Card Number	|
|	0004,1220	|	Credit Card Expiration Date	|
|0006,123456|  Approval Code  |
|	0007,654321	|	Reference Number	|
|	0025,030120	|	Business Date	|
|0034,A| Authorization Characteristics Indicator |
|0035,3510|Validation Code|
|0036,019110713164426|Validation Code|
|0049,VE|Card Product Result Code|
|	0052,0	|	Transponder and Proximity Indicator	|
|	0060,00000001	|	Unique Device ID	|
|	0070,1111ABC	|	Customer Code	|
|	0071,1	|	Tax1Included	|
|	0072,1.00	|	Tax Amount 1	|
|	0109,TERM6	|	Terminal ID	|
|	0110,105	|	Cashier ID	|
|	0115,010	|	Transaction Qualifier	|
|	0647,0	|	Partial Authorization Acceptance	|
| 0740,123456A0191107131644263510VE| Return Compliance Data|
|	1008,ID:	|	Requests Token or Unique ID in Input Request. Masked Account Number in Output Response	|
|	1105,DOCID:12345678901	|	Global User Defined Field	|
|	5002,123456	|	Device Serial Number	|
|	8002,LOC1	|	Location Name	|
|	8006,CHAIN	|	Chain Code	|

				
**Response**				
|	API Field/Value	|	Description	|
|	----	|	----	|
|	0001,09	|	Transaction Type	|
|	0002,20,00	|	Transaction Amount	|
|	0003, ID:************1865	|	Credit Card Number	|
|	0004,1220	|	Credit Card Expiration Date MMYY	|
|0006,123456|Approval Code|
|	0007,654321	|	Reference Number	|
|	0025,030120	|	Business Date	|
|0034,A|Authorization Characteristics Indicator|
|0035,3510|Validation Code|
|0036,019110713164426|Validation Code|
|0049,VE|Card Product Result Code|
|	0052,0	|	Transponder and Proximity Indicator	|
|	0060,00000001	|	Unique Device ID	|
|	0070,1111ABC	|	Customer Code	|
|	0071,1	|	Tax1Included	|
|	0072,1.00	|	Tax Amount 1	|
|	0109,TERM6	|	Terminal ID	|
|	0110,105	|	Cashier ID	|
|	0115,010	|	Transaction Qualifier	|
|	0647,0	|	Partial Authorization Acceptance	|
| 0740,123456A0191107131644263510VE| Return Compliance Data|
|	1000,VI	|	Card Type	|
|	1001,VISA	|	Card Name	|
|	1002,testname|	Cardholder Name	|
|	1004,ACKNOWLEDGED	|	Host Response Message	|
|	1005,999999999999	|	Merchant Number	|
|	1006,001	|	Terminal Number	|
|	1008,401288******1865	|	Requests Token or Unique ID in Input Request. Masked Account Number in Output Response	|
|	1009,00	|	Host Response Code	|
|	1011,	|	Host Reference Number	|
|	1105,DOCID:12345678901	|	Global User Defined Field	|
|	5002,123456	|	Device Serial Number	|
|	7007,12345678901234567	|	Fusebox Transaction Identifier	|
|	8002,LOC1	|	Location Name	|
|	8006,CHAIN	|	Chain Code	|
				

## Token or Unique ID Return				
The following is an example of a return transaction, using a token or Unique ID from a previous transaction (in history).				
				
**Request**				
|	API Field/Value	|	Description	|
|	----	|	----	|
|	0001,09	|	Transaction type	|
|	0002,20.00	|	Transaction Amount	|
|	0003,ID:************1865	|	Credit Card Number. Supply the original transaction’s Token	|
|	0004,1220	|	Credit Card Expiration Date	|
|0006,123456|Approval Code|
|	0007,654321	|	Reference Number	|
|	0025,030120	|	Business Date	|
|0034,A|Authorization Characteristics Indicator|
|0035,3510|Validation Code|
|0036,019110713164426|Validation Code|
|0049,VE|Card Product Result Code|
|	0052,0	|	Transponder and Proximity Indicator	|
|	0060,00000001	|	Unique Device ID	|
|	0070,1111ABC	|	Customer Code	|
|	0071,1	|	Tax1 Indicator	|
|	0072,1.00	|	Tax Amount 1	|
|	0109,TERM6	|	Terminal ID	|
|	0110,105	|	Cashier ID	|
|	0115,010	|	Transaction Qualifier	|
|	0647,0	|	Partial Authorization Acceptance	|
| 0740,123456A0191107131644263510VE| Return Compliance Data|
|	1008,ID:	|	Requests token or Unique ID in Input Request. Masked account number In Output Response	|
|	1105,DOCID:12345678901	|	Global User Defined Field	|
|	5002,123456	|	Device Serial Number	|
|	8002,LOC1	|	Location Name	|
|	8006,CHAIN	|	Chain Code	|
				
**Response**				
|	API Field/Value	|	Description	|
|	----	|	----	|
|	0001,09	|	Transaction Type 	|
|	0002,20.00	|	Transaction Amount	|
|	0003,ID:************1865	|	Credit Card Number. Supply the original transaction’s Token	|
|	0004,1220	|	Credit Card Expiration Date MMYY	|
|	0006,123456	|	Approval Code	|
|	0007,654321	|	Reference Number	|
|	0025,030120	|	Business Date MMDDYY	|
|0034,A|Authorization Characteristics Indicator|
|0035,3510|Validation Code|
|0036,019110713164426|Validation Code|
|0049,VE|Card Product Result Code|
|	0052,0	|	Transponder and Proximity Indicator	|
|	0060,00000001	|	Unique Device ID	|
|	0070,1111ABC	|	Customer Code	|
|	0071,1	|	Tax1 Included	|
|	0072,1.00	|	Tax Amount 1	|
|	0109,TERM6	|	Terminal ID	|
|	0110,105	|	Cashier ID	|
|	0115,010	|	Transaction Qualifier	|
|	0647,0	|	Partial Authorization Acceptance	|
| 0740,123456A0191107131644263510VE| Return Compliance Data|
|	1000,VI	|	Card Type	|
|	1001,VISA	|	Card Name	|
|	1002,testname	|	Cardholder Name	|
|	1004,ACKNOWLEDGED	|	Host Response Message	|
|	1005,999999999999	|	Merchant Number	|
|	1006,0001	|	Terminal Number	|
|	1008,401288******1865	|	Requests Token or Unique ID in Input Request. Masked Account Number in Output Response	|
|	1009,00	|	Host Response Code	|
|	1011,1234	|	Host Reference Number	|
|	1105,DOCID:12345678901	|	Global User Defined Field	|
|	5002,123456	|	Device Serial Number	|
|	7007,12345678901234567	|	Fusebox Transaction Identifier	|
|	8002,LOC1	|	Location Name	|
|	8006,CHAIN	|	Chain Code	|


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