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Operations Menu - New Settlement Discount

In normal circumstances, when you pay a Purchase Invoice, a settlement discount will be calculated automatically when you enter the Purchase Invoice Number in the Payment. This discount depends on the Payment Term of the Invoice and the Payment Date.

If a settlement discount is not calculated automatically (e.g. the Invoice does not contain a Payment Term with a settlement discount, or the payment is too late), you can add it yourself using this 'New Settlement Discount' function. After you have specified the Purchase Invoice Number in a Payment row, change the Sent Value to the figure paid (i.e. the Invoice Total less settlement discount). Move the insertion point out of the Sent Value field, but make sure it remains in the same row, and select 'New Settlement Discount' from the Operations menu. A new row will be added to the Payment, containing the phrase "Set. Disc". As a default, the Sent Value of this new row will be set to the figure that remains outstanding on the Invoice: you can change this figure as appropriate.

In both cases (automatic settlement discount, and a settlement discount added using this function), the Settlement Discount Account specified in the Account Usage A/P setting will be credited with the discount amount in the resulting General Ledger Transaction.

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