# Refund states

**URL:** <https://ich.taler.net/t/refund-states/564>\
**Category:** Community\
**Tags:** docs\
**Created:** [10 November 2025 22:18 UTC](https://ich.taler.net/t/refund-states/564 "2025-11-10T22:18:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![htgoebel](https://ich.taler.net/user_avatar/ich.taler.net/htgoebel/32/231_2.png) [@htgoebel](https://ich.taler.net/u/htgoebel)\
**Post date:** [10 November 2025 22:18 UTC](https://ich.taler.net/t/refund-states/564/1 "2025-11-10T22:18:08Z")

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According to the documentation, a [CheckPaymentPaidResponse](https://docs.taler.net/core/api-merchant.html#tsref-type-CheckPaymentPaidResponse) has a field

```auto
  // True if there are any approved refunds that the wallet has
  // not yet obtained.
  refund_pending: boolean;

```

This opens quite some questions for me:

- How long can the Wallet obtain the refund?
- What happens, if the refund was not obtained within the wire deadline? (Esp. what happens with the money and the fees? What is the webshop/ERP expected to do in this case?)
- What happens if there are several refunds on the same payment and only some are obtained? Same as if there was a single refund which was not obtained?  
(Imagine one refund be give quickly and the other several days later.)

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**Author:** ![sebasjm](https://ich.taler.net/user_avatar/ich.taler.net/sebasjm/32/232_2.png) [@sebasjm](https://ich.taler.net/u/sebasjm)\
**Post date:** [22 January 2026 12:26 UTC](https://ich.taler.net/t/refund-states/564/2 "2026-01-22T12:26:04Z")

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> [@htgoebel](#):
>
> - How long can the Wallet obtain the refund?

Between the moment that the merchant authorized the refund and before the wire deadline.

> [@htgoebel](#):
>
> What happens, if the refund was not obtained within the wire deadline? (Esp. what happens with the money and the fees? What is the webshop/ERP expected to do in this case?)

The money is transferred to the merchant.

> [@htgoebel](#):
>
> What happens if there are several refunds on the same payment and only some are obtained? Same as if there was a single refund which was not obtained?  
> (Imagine one refund be give quickly and the other several days later.)

Yes, the same. Some will be taked and the other part will be transferred to the merchant bank account after the wire deadline.