Invoice - Prompt Payment / Settlement Discount
To apply a prompt payment discount/settlement discount to an Accounts Receivable invoice from the match items screen in the Bank Reconciliation.
Purpose: So users can offer early discounts to vendors/suppliers without needing to do manual credit notes or editing the invoices.
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Practical Training Solutions commented
We offer prompt payment and manually have to manage this, which is really cumbersome. The discount is critical for us and this is a huge gap in the Xero functionality.
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Chuck Mak commented
Move back or move to MYOB, people.
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John Austin commented
Really important to our customers since we have just moved to xero and didnt realise this was a problem
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Michelle van Niekerk commented
We have a great deal of invoices that we receive early payment on. This would be absolutly critical to our business
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Margaret Christensen commented
This would be incredibly helpful.
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Cj E commented
This could also be helpful when you run a tax report based on invoices with cash discount upon payment.
I.e. if you post the cash discount as a payment and don't manually adjust the report you'll pay tax on the gross amount. -
Stately Carpet Care commented
I don't use this feature much but I think it would be incredibly useful
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Eammon Atkinson commented
This would be so helpful
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ROSS TURNER commented
Having switched from Myob quite a few years ago we have been paying our bookkeeper to manually create and apply settlement discounts to just about every single invoice we pay our suppliers to take advantage of their early payment discounts. Myob has had this feature for years, automatic settlement discounts applied to each supplier and invoice if within the 7-14 day terms. Seems like an easy win for xero to implement, will save us time and money!
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JUSTIN BYRNE commented
This would be incfredibly useful.
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Darshan Paul commented
Agree. This option needs to be added to the Invoicing templates.
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Kellie Lee commented
A pay on time discount could save us hours of chasing clients for payment and improve cashflow! Very important!
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Brian Kenny commented
This is a simple thing that has been available in accounting software since the year dot. It is a time saving tool that also assists to ensure a lesser chance of mistakes being made.
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Mark Loveys commented
Many of our clients of "Datagate Telecom Billing" around the world (US, UK, AU, NZ) are asking for this feature, but it really needs to be part of the Xero accounting system rather than the (Datagate) telecom billing system. We would be happy to provide further information and context.
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Jim Mulholland commented
Please explain why this cannot or has not been done.
Most definitely should be a basic in any decent package.
What about the VAT implications on doing credit notes?
Bemused at the lack of acceptance and action to this request. -
Riaan Badenhorst commented
Not sure why this idea page exists. High-upvoted ideas get archived and ignored. Low-voted ideas are taken. Have seen a nearly 400-upvoted idea gets taken down and one with less than 20 votes, gets installed. Not sure how this works, but I am done wasting my time.
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Michael Rakonjac commented
Yes I want it too!! its a pain to keep doing this manually for so many of our suppliers!
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Sohail Tootla commented
This is a must have!
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Harleen Fate commented
Add a discount while in the reconciliation screen. When you go to allocate a payment, but the client has a 5% discount (for example) if they pay in the first 30 days, then you have to go out of that screen and into the invoices page, locate the invoice, click to edit it, add the discount, save it and then reload into the reconciliation page to be able to allocate it. Incredibly time consuming when most of the invoices that come in are to be discounted.
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Elana Gold commented
I have just switched over from MYOB and this is extremely disappointing as MYOB has had this function for at least the 16 years I was using it.
Xero, many have asked for this and these days offering incentives for early payment is paramount.
As this has been requested for many years, I would think you should be making this a priority.