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Discounted Payments - AP
You can set up the system to handle discounted payments
automatically. The system can be set up to apply discounts when the invoice
is entered or when you are paying the invoice during a check run.
Setting Up
Select to
Compute a Discount
On the global policy Invoice
Tab, you must select when the system should compute a discount if
one is due. Your options are to compute the discount during invoice entry
or during payment; so, in Take Discount
field, ensure that either Invoice Entry
or Payment is selected
Select an Expense Code
On
the company Accounts
& Expense Codes Tab you
must select an AP expense code for the discount.
On
the property Exp. Codes tab
you must select an AP expense code for the discount.
Set Up Discount Terms
On the vendor General
Tab, you must set up the terms under which a discount is due. Complete
the following fields: Discount Rate, Discount
Days, Net Days. For example, if the vendor
offers a discount rate of 2/10 n/30—that
is, 2% discount if you pay in 10 days; the net amount of the invoice is
due in 30 days, make the following entries:
At Discount Rate, enter 2 for
2%.
At Discount Days, enter 10 for
10 discount days.
At Net Days, enter 30 in the
following field for 30 net days.
Select to Force Discounts
If you want to take a discount when paying an invoice
regardless of the discount due date, this is called a Forced Discount.
Processing During Invoice Entry
When you enter an invoice for the vendor, the system
checks the polices to see if it should be computing a discount. If the
answer is yes (Invoice Entry is selected), the system looks at the vendor
General Tab to see if discount-related
fields have entries. If the fields are complete, the system then examines
the invoice to see if it meets the terms.
The system looks at the Due Date
field on the Invoices page to get
a starting date, and if that starting date causes the invoice to meet
the vendor terms, the system computes the discount.
The system then looks at the propertycompany Accounts
& Expense Codes Tab
to get an expense code and displays the transaction on the Invoices
screen. In addition, for reference, the discount due date and percentage
from the vendor General Tab appear
in display-only fields on the Invoices
page.
The system also creates a credit memo in the background.
If you make additional changes to the invoice after the initial automated
computation, you need to edit the credit memo manually.
Processing During Payment
When you select an invoice during a check run, the
system checks the polices to see if it should be computing a discount.
If the answer is yes (Payment is selected), the system looks at the vendor
General Tab to see if discount-related
fields have entries. If the fields are complete, the system then examines
the invoice to see if it meets the terms.
The system looks at the Due Date
field on the Invoices screen to
get a starting date, and if that starting date causes the invoice to meet
the vendor terms, the system computes the discount.
The system then looks at the propertycompany Accounts
& Expense Codes Tab
to get an expense code and displays the transaction in the display-only
Discount column on the check runs Search
Results Tab and Check Run Tab.
The system also creates a credit memo in the background.
If you make additional changes to the invoice after the initial automated
computation, you need to edit the credit memo manually.
Recurring Invoices
The automatic set up does not apply to recurring invoices.
If a discount is due on a recurring invoice, you must enter it manually
by adding a discount line item to the invoice.
See Also
Invoice
Concepts and Processes
eFinancials
Concepts