Post a sales discount

Summary

How to record a sales discount in Sage Accounts.

Description

If you give your customer a discount, you can record this at the time of entering the customer receipt.

Resolution

  1. Click Customers, then Customer receipt.
  2. Select the relevant bank account and customer.
  3. Enter the date.
  4. Against the relevant invoice, in the discount column, enter the discount amount.
  5. If the discount includes VAT, select the Discount inc. VAT? check box.
  6. Press the Tab key.

On the VAT Cash Accounting scheme, it isn’t possible to record a discount and part pay the invoice. The following message appears: 'Cannot have a part payment with discount'.

  1. Check the Analysis Total is the amount received.
  2. Click Save.

The Sales Receipt (SR) and Sales Discount (SD) transactions post to the customer's account and allocate to the relevant sales invoice (SI) transaction.

 

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Solution ID
200427112205977
Last Modified Date
Fri Apr 11 09:45:03 UTC 2025
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Product Details
Modules: Customers
Modules: Suppliers
Modules: Contact Management
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