diff --git a/packages/taler-util/src/walletTypes.ts b/packages/taler-util/src/walletTypes.ts
index e094bc385..c6367f8ee 100644
--- a/packages/taler-util/src/walletTypes.ts
+++ b/packages/taler-util/src/walletTypes.ts
@@ -276,6 +276,18 @@ export class ReturnCoinsRequest {
   static checked: (obj: any) => ReturnCoinsRequest;
 }
 
+export interface PrepareRefundResult {
+  proposalId: string;
+
+  applied: number;
+  failed: number;
+  total: number;
+
+  amountEffectivePaid: AmountString;
+
+  info: OrderShortInfo;
+}
+
 export interface PrepareTipResult {
   /**
    * Unique ID for the tip assigned by the wallet.
@@ -1003,6 +1015,17 @@ export const codecForForceRefreshRequest = (): Codec<ForceRefreshRequest> =>
     .property("coinPubList", codecForList(codecForString()))
     .build("ForceRefreshRequest");
 
+
+
+export interface PrepareRefundRequest {
+  talerRefundUri: string;
+}
+
+export const codecForPrepareRefundRequest = (): Codec<PrepareRefundRequest> =>
+  buildCodecForObject<PrepareRefundRequest>()
+    .property("talerRefundUri", codecForString())
+    .build("PrepareRefundRequest");
+
 export interface PrepareTipRequest {
   talerTipUri: string;
 }
diff --git a/packages/taler-wallet-core/src/operations/refund.ts b/packages/taler-wallet-core/src/operations/refund.ts
index 7ef8076f0..dad8c6001 100644
--- a/packages/taler-wallet-core/src/operations/refund.ts
+++ b/packages/taler-wallet-core/src/operations/refund.ts
@@ -46,6 +46,8 @@ import {
   AbsoluteTime,
   TalerProtocolTimestamp,
   Duration,
+  PrepareRefundRequest,
+  PrepareRefundResult,
 } from "@gnu-taler/taler-util";
 import {
   AbortStatus,
@@ -69,6 +71,72 @@ import { guardOperationException } from "./common.js";
 
 const logger = new Logger("refund.ts");
 
+
+export async function prepareRefund(
+  ws: InternalWalletState,
+  talerRefundUri: string,
+): Promise<PrepareRefundResult> {
+  const parseResult = parseRefundUri(talerRefundUri);
+
+  logger.trace("preparing refund offer", parseResult);
+
+  if (!parseResult) {
+    throw Error("invalid refund URI");
+  }
+
+  const purchase = await ws.db
+    .mktx((x) => ({
+      purchases: x.purchases,
+    }))
+    .runReadOnly(async (tx) => {
+      return tx.purchases.indexes.byMerchantUrlAndOrderId.get([
+        parseResult.merchantBaseUrl,
+        parseResult.orderId,
+      ]);
+    });
+
+  if (!purchase) {
+    throw Error(
+      `no purchase for the taler://refund/ URI (${talerRefundUri}) was found`,
+    );
+  }
+
+  const proposalId = purchase.proposalId;
+  const rfs = Object.values(purchase.refunds)
+
+  let applied = 0;
+  let failed = 0;
+  const total = rfs.length;
+  rfs.forEach((refund) => {
+    if (refund.type === RefundState.Failed) {
+      failed = failed + 1;
+    }
+    if (refund.type === RefundState.Applied) {
+      applied = applied + 1;
+    }
+  });
+
+  const { contractData: c } = purchase.download
+
+  return {
+    proposalId,
+    amountEffectivePaid: Amounts.stringify(purchase.totalPayCost),
+    applied,
+    failed,
+    total,
+    info: {
+      contractTermsHash: c.contractTermsHash,
+      merchant: c.merchant,
+      orderId: c.orderId,
+      products: c.products,
+      summary: c.summary,
+      fulfillmentMessage: c.fulfillmentMessage,
+      summary_i18n: c.summaryI18n,
+      fulfillmentMessage_i18n:
+        c.fulfillmentMessageI18n,
+    },
+  }
+}
 /**
  * Retry querying and applying refunds for an order later.
  */
diff --git a/packages/taler-wallet-core/src/wallet.ts b/packages/taler-wallet-core/src/wallet.ts
index 96722aefb..7760c0bec 100644
--- a/packages/taler-wallet-core/src/wallet.ts
+++ b/packages/taler-wallet-core/src/wallet.ts
@@ -23,9 +23,7 @@
  * Imports.
  */
 import {
-  AcceptManualWithdrawalResult,
-  AcceptWithdrawalResponse,
-  AmountJson,
+  AbsoluteTime, AcceptManualWithdrawalResult, AmountJson,
   Amounts,
   BalancesResponse,
   codecForAbortPayWithRefundRequest,
@@ -48,8 +46,7 @@ import {
   codecForImportDbRequest,
   codecForIntegrationTestArgs,
   codecForListKnownBankAccounts,
-  codecForPreparePayRequest,
-  codecForPrepareTipRequest,
+  codecForPreparePayRequest, codecForPrepareRefundRequest, codecForPrepareTipRequest,
   codecForRetryTransactionRequest,
   codecForSetCoinSuspendedRequest,
   codecForSetWalletDeviceIdRequest,
@@ -59,8 +56,7 @@ import {
   codecForWithdrawFakebankRequest,
   codecForWithdrawTestBalance,
   CoinDumpJson,
-  CoreApiResponse,
-  durationFromSpec,
+  CoreApiResponse, Duration, durationFromSpec,
   durationMin,
   ExchangeListItem,
   ExchangesListRespose,
@@ -73,14 +69,23 @@ import {
   parsePaytoUri,
   PaytoUri,
   RefreshReason,
-  TalerErrorCode,
-  AbsoluteTime,
-  URL,
-  WalletNotification,
-  Duration,
-  CancellationToken,
+  TalerErrorCode, URL,
+  WalletNotification
 } from "@gnu-taler/taler-util";
-import { timeStamp } from "console";
+import { TalerCryptoInterface } from "./crypto/cryptoImplementation.js";
+import {
+  CryptoDispatcher,
+  CryptoWorkerFactory
+} from "./crypto/workers/cryptoDispatcher.js";
+import {
+  AuditorTrustRecord,
+  CoinSourceType,
+  exportDb,
+  importDb,
+  ReserveRecordStatus,
+  WalletStoresV1
+} from "./db.js";
+import { getErrorDetailFromException, TalerError } from "./errors.js";
 import {
   DenomInfo,
   ExchangeOperations,
@@ -89,21 +94,8 @@ import {
   MerchantOperations,
   NotificationListener,
   RecoupOperations,
-  ReserveOperations,
+  ReserveOperations
 } from "./internal-wallet-state.js";
-import {
-  CryptoDispatcher,
-  CryptoWorkerFactory,
-} from "./crypto/workers/cryptoDispatcher.js";
-import {
-  AuditorTrustRecord,
-  CoinSourceType,
-  exportDb,
-  importDb,
-  ReserveRecordStatus,
-  WalletStoresV1,
-} from "./db.js";
-import { getErrorDetailFromException, TalerError } from "./errors.js";
 import { exportBackup } from "./operations/backup/export.js";
 import {
   addBackupProvider,
@@ -115,7 +107,7 @@ import {
   loadBackupRecovery,
   processBackupForProvider,
   removeBackupProvider,
-  runBackupCycle,
+  runBackupCycle
 } from "./operations/backup/index.js";
 import { setWalletDeviceId } from "./operations/backup/state.js";
 import { getBalances } from "./operations/balance.js";
@@ -123,7 +115,7 @@ import {
   createDepositGroup,
   getFeeForDeposit,
   processDepositGroup,
-  trackDepositGroup,
+  trackDepositGroup
 } from "./operations/deposits.js";
 import {
   acceptExchangeTermsOfService,
@@ -132,69 +124,69 @@ import {
   getExchangeRequestTimeout,
   getExchangeTrust,
   updateExchangeFromUrl,
-  updateExchangeTermsOfService,
+  updateExchangeTermsOfService
 } from "./operations/exchanges.js";
 import { getMerchantInfo } from "./operations/merchants.js";
 import {
   confirmPay,
   preparePayForUri,
   processDownloadProposal,
-  processPurchasePay,
+  processPurchasePay
 } from "./operations/pay.js";
 import { getPendingOperations } from "./operations/pending.js";
 import { createRecoupGroup, processRecoupGroup } from "./operations/recoup.js";
 import {
   autoRefresh,
   createRefreshGroup,
-  processRefreshGroup,
+  processRefreshGroup
 } from "./operations/refresh.js";
 import {
   abortFailedPayWithRefund,
   applyRefund,
-  processPurchaseQueryRefund,
+  prepareRefund,
+  processPurchaseQueryRefund
 } from "./operations/refund.js";
 import {
   createReserve,
   createTalerWithdrawReserve,
   getFundingPaytoUris,
-  processReserve,
+  processReserve
 } from "./operations/reserves.js";
 import {
   runIntegrationTest,
   testPay,
-  withdrawTestBalance,
+  withdrawTestBalance
 } from "./operations/testing.js";
 import { acceptTip, prepareTip, processTip } from "./operations/tip.js";
 import {
   deleteTransaction,
   getTransactions,
-  retryTransaction,
+  retryTransaction
 } from "./operations/transactions.js";
 import {
   getExchangeWithdrawalInfo,
   getWithdrawalDetailsForUri,
-  processWithdrawGroup,
+  processWithdrawGroup
 } from "./operations/withdraw.js";
 import {
   PendingOperationsResponse,
   PendingTaskInfo,
-  PendingTaskType,
+  PendingTaskType
 } from "./pending-types.js";
 import { assertUnreachable } from "./util/assertUnreachable.js";
 import { AsyncOpMemoMap, AsyncOpMemoSingle } from "./util/asyncMemo.js";
 import {
   HttpRequestLibrary,
-  readSuccessResponseJsonOrThrow,
+  readSuccessResponseJsonOrThrow
 } from "./util/http.js";
 import {
   AsyncCondition,
   OpenedPromise,
-  openPromise,
+  openPromise
 } from "./util/promiseUtils.js";
 import { DbAccess, GetReadWriteAccess } from "./util/query.js";
 import { TimerAPI, TimerGroup } from "./util/timer.js";
 import { WalletCoreApiClient } from "./wallet-api-types.js";
-import { TalerCryptoInterface } from "./crypto/cryptoImplementation.js";
 
 const builtinAuditors: AuditorTrustRecord[] = [
   {
@@ -908,6 +900,10 @@ async function dispatchRequestInternal(
       const req = codecForPrepareTipRequest().decode(payload);
       return await prepareTip(ws, req.talerTipUri);
     }
+    case "prepareRefund": {
+      const req = codecForPrepareRefundRequest().decode(payload);
+      return await prepareRefund(ws, req.talerRefundUri);
+    }
     case "acceptTip": {
       const req = codecForAcceptTipRequest().decode(payload);
       await acceptTip(ws, req.walletTipId);