Using Multi-level Payment Discounts in Sales and Purchases

  • 16/10/2024
  • 5 minutes to read

This article describes how to use multi-level payment discounts in sales and purchase documents in Continia Finance.

These discounts can encourage early payments – which in turn reduce the administrative burden of chasing overdue invoices –, and also drive customer loyalty.

Note

Before using multi-level payment discounts in sales and purchases documents, you need to enable multi-level payment discounts and add at least one payment term. For more information, see Setting up Multi-level Payment Discount.

To use multi-level payment discounts in sales documents

The example below uses a sales invoice, but similar approaches work across different sales documents.

To use multi-level payment discounts in sales invoices:

  1. Choose the Search icon, enter Sales Invoices, and then choose the related link.
  2. On the Sales Invoices page, select +New to create a sales invoice.
  3. Populate all the required fields, as well as the ones you need for this specific case
  4. On the Invoice Details FastTab, select a value from the Payment Terms Code dropdown menu.
  5. When you're ready, select Post in the action bar.

When the document is posted, you can open the related entry to see an overview of the payment terms applied. To do so, select the 'i' icon at the top-right corner to expand the Ledger Entry Details FactBox pane.

To use multi-level payment discounts in purchase documents

The example below uses a purchase order, but similar approaches work across different purchase documents.

To use multi-level payment discounts in purchase orders:

  1. Choose the Search icon, enter Purchase Orders, and then choose the related link.
  2. On the Purchase Orders page, select +New to create a sales order.
  3. Populate all the required fields, as well as the ones you need for this specific case
  4. On the Invoice Details FastTab, select a value from the Payment Terms Code dropdown menu.
  5. When you're ready, select Post in the action bar.

When the document is posted, you can open the related entry to see an overview of the payment terms applied. To do so, select the 'i' icon at the top-right corner to expand the Ledger Entry Details FactBox pane.

Tip

It's also possible to add a payment term to a customer or vendor card, under the Payments FastTab. This way, the payment term applies to every corresponding sales or purchase document.

To apply entries with multi-level payment discounts

When you apply a payment related to a document with multi-level payment discounts, the payment date is used to calculate the correct discount. The example below uses the cash receipt journal, but a similar approach works on the general journal.

To apply entries with multi-level payment discounts:

  1. Choose the Search icon, enter Cash Receipt Journals, and then choose the related link.
  2. On the Cash Receipt Journals page, populate all the required fields according to the related sales or purchase document.
  3. Under Amounts, enter the required amount minus the discount valid for the posting date.
  4. In the action bar, select Home > Apply Entries. Then, select the correct posted entry.
  5. In the action bar, select Set Applies to ID to populate the fields in the posted entry with the values from the document in the journal.
  6. The payment discount fields are automatically populated, according to the posting date and the selected payment terms code.

See also

Setting up Multi-level Payment Discount