Forced Discounts

The system can be set up to allow a user to take a discount when paying an Invoice regardless of the discount due date. This is called a Forced Discount.

The option Allow Forced Discount is available only when this setup is completed:

Global Policies Setup - Invoice Tab : Take Discountis set to the option, Payment (i.e., "Take Discount at Payment").
User Policies Setup - Check Tab: The option Allow Forced Discount is checked. Users must have this option selected to allow them to force a discount.

NOTE that when Take Discount is anything other than Payment, the User Policy option Allow Forced Discount in step 2 is not available.

The Force Discount check box appears (unchecked) on the Add/Edit Check Run form for a user if:

the user policy is set to allow the user to Allow Forced Discounts, and
the system is set up to take discounts upon Payment.

After checks have been added to the Check Run, when the user checks the Force Discount check box in the header of the form, then the discount due date is ignored when the system considers any applicable discount.

When a discount is included in an Invoice, then the discount is applied by the system to the corresponding payment in the Check Run.

It is the Force Discount check box in the header of the Check Runs form that defines whether the Check Run is considered to have forced discounts. When the box is checked then the Check Run is considered to have forced discounts.

Users without the permission to force discounts are unable to access Check Runs with forced discounts, i.e., these users are unable to access Check Runs with the Force Discount check box checked. If this happens, an explanatory message appears.
Users are unable to access Check Runs with the Force Discount check box checked when the Invoice global policy Take Discount has been changed from Payment to any other option.
The Force Discounts options cannot be changed once items have been added to the Check Run.