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1. Bills - Apply discounts on accounts payable invoices

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   41 comments  ·  Purchase orders, bills & inventory » Bills  ·  delete…  ·  Admin →
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   Accepted  ·  AdminKelly Munro (Community Manager, Xero) responded

   Thank you everyone for engaging about the need for a discount column in Bills with us here.

   While there isn’t a direct column for adding a discount atm, there are a few ways you could look to reflect this in your bills right now;

   • Use Xero’s inbuilt calculator in the Price field, and add a note to the description of that line e.g $5 item at a 20% discount you would enter 5 x 0.8 in the quantity field and could add a description “including 20% discount”
   • Reduce the Quantity field to reflect the discount e.g 20% discount enter 0.8 in the Quantity and use a descriptor as above
   • Use a separate line of the bill to enter a whole amount discount with a negative Price amount
   • If you use Purchase orders, when you copy the Purchase order to a Bill though the discount column will not show the Subtotal will show “includes a discount of ‘x’”

   As we continue to uplift areas of Bills this is a feature that our product team are aware of, and would like to solve for. Though we can’t provide any time frames as yet, we'll keep you updated through this thread as soon as there's movement to share.

   Thank you everyone for engaging about the need for a discount column in Bills with us here.

   While there isn’t a direct column for adding a discount atm, there are a few ways you could look to reflect this in your bills right now;

   • Use Xero’s inbuilt calculator in the Price field, and add a note to the description of that line e.g $5 item at a 20% discount you would enter 5 x 0.8 in the quantity field and could add a description “including 20% discount”
   • Reduce the Quantity field to reflect the discount e.g 20% discount enter 0.8 in the Quantity and use a descriptor as above
   • Use a separate line of the bill to enter a whole amount discount with a negative Price amount
   • If you use Purchase orders, when you copy the Purchase order to a Bill though the discount column will not show the Subtotal… more
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   Peter Sutton commented  ·  22 December, 2025  ·  Edit…  ·  delete…

   Implementing an early settlement discount feature would be a significant improvement for our company. Most of our suppliers offer these discounts, so the ability to post a discount with each invoice—subject to a specific payment date—would be ideal.

   Specifically, we are looking for a system that automatically applies the discount to invoices paid within the qualifying window during bulk payments, while defaulting to the full invoice amount for those that fall outside that timeframe.

   This functionality would greatly enhance our efficiency. Could you please let me know if this is something that can be supported?

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   Peter Sutton supported this idea  ·  22 December, 2025