Payables uses payment terms you assign to an invoice to pay invoices at a discounted rate. You define discount payment terms in the Payment Terms window. You can define discount payment terms that have Payables vary the discount amount depending on how old the invoice is. You also define the payment terms to pay the full invoice amount if you have missed the discount date. For example, you can define payment terms to take a 10 percent discount if the invoice is paid within 5 days of the Terms Date, or a 5 percent discount if the invoice is paid within 10 days. If the invoice is over 10 days old, Payables pays the full invoice amount on the due date you specify.
When you first save the header information for an invoice, Payables automatically creates a scheduled payment. If the invoice uses discount payment, the schedule payment includes a discount date and discount amount. If you enter an invoice that does not have discount terms, you can modify the scheduled payment to include a discount.
If you take a discount, Payables uses the Discount Distribution Method you specify in the Payables Options window to credit the appropriate accounts. The Exclude Tax From Discount Calculation option you specify in the Payables Options window controls whether Payables subtracts the tax amount from the invoice amount when it calculates the invoice amount applicable to discount. Note that if you apply a prepayment with a discount to an invoice due a discount, you may need to adjust the discountable amount by the prepayment application amount to ensure that the discount taken is not overstated.
If the Exclude Tax From Discount Calculation option is enabled and changes have been made to the tax amounts and if the invoice is not fully paid, then the Invoice Validation recreates the scheduled payments based on the new discountable amount.
BANK CHARGES: You cannot use the Discount feature if you enable the Use Bank Charges Payables option.