If you would like to attach a freight charge to all Invoices automatically, calculated from the total weight of the Items on the Invoice, this setting will be used to define the calculation formula. If used, this will occur in both Invoices created directly in the Sales Ledger and those created from Sales Orders. The freight charge will be shown in the Freight field at the bottom of the 'Items' card of the Invoice screen. The Use Freight/Weight Calculation, not the Percentage box in the Freight setting must be checked if this calculation formula is to be used. An Item should also be entered in the Freight setting: this will ensure the correct VAT Code and Sales Account are used for the freight charge.

Enter the Weight Limit for each price break, together with the amount to be charged to the Customer (in the Freight Sum field) and the amount to be included in Gross Profit calculations (in the Freight Cost field).

In the example illustration, freight will be charged as follows:

Weight	Freight Sum
Under 10.00	0.00
10.00-14.99	10.00
15.00-29.99	14.00
30.00-74.99	16.00

and so on.

Any unit of measurement can be used in the Weight Limit field, but take care to use the same one here and when entering the weights of Items.

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