How to apply an overall discount to customer invoice if they pay before 30 days?

Hello,

Is there a way I could configure an invoice on QF so a discount is applied if they pay sooner, but I don’t lose out ? (You can’t reverse calculate the same percentage discount.)

Example.

Original invoice £100
plus 20% = £120
£120 minus 20% = £96. So you lose out

So in the past when I invoiced manually I’ve used the discount calculation below.

This for a 20% discount

Intended invoice amount before discount = £129.00
Invoice sent to the client = £161.25
If the client pays before 30 days they can apply a 20% discount which goes back to £129.00.

I’m using this calculation.

100%-20%= 80%
129.00 ÷ 80 = 1.6125
1.6125 x 100 = £161.25
20% - £161.25 = £129.00

I hope that’s clear!

Cheers

Phil

A 20% discount means that the customer is paying you four fifths of the un-discounted price. Therefore to get from the discounted price to the full price you need to multiply by “five fourths” (1.25), so add 25%.

  • Intended discounted amount £129
  • multiply by 1.25 = £161.25
  • 20% discount: £161.25 x 0.8 = £129

Hi Ian,

Sorry, I probably wasn’t clear.

In nutshell, I want to be able to issue an invoice which the customer has the option to pay either the less amount , (if paid within 30 days). Or the higher amount if they don’t.

Cheers

Phil

Hi @Phil_Broom

There isn’t a way of doing this within QuickFile unfortunately.

You’re welcome to start a Feature Request request for this, but at the moment you would have to use what @ian_roberts suggested above.

Hi, on the same issue, if it a regular monthly payment like rent, I have chosen to include the discount in the next invoice.

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