Accounts Payable > Other Reports on AP Transactions > Discount Reports

The Discount Taken Report function allows you to print or preview a list of invoices on which you have availed of early-payment discounts. You may also choose to print or preview invoices with which your company has not taken the suggested discounts.

This report has the following uses:

•To review the extent which you are successfully taking advantage of vendor early-payment discounts.

•You can use this report along with the Discount Lost Reports to assess your overall discount-taking effectiveness.

To generate the Discount Taken Report, follow these steps:

1.Access the Discount Taken Report function from the Discount group in the Reports main menu.

2.Click the List box button next to the Configuration field; then, select the report configuration that you want to use.

3.Select the report sorting option by clicking on the List box button next to the Sort By field.

4.In the Layout field, click the List box button to select the report layout you want to use in generating the report.

To show multi-currencies in the report, select the option with 'multi-currency' in the layout name. Note that this layout option is only available if the multi-currency feature is activated.

5.In the Report Configuration area, define the report filters. Depending on the Sort By option you choose, you may mark the Individual checkbox if you want to generate the report for a single record and enter the appropriate value in the adjacent field; otherwise, select in the Filters area the preferred criteria in generating the report.

6.Select the option for which you want to generate the report:

•All Discountable Invoices

•Invoices with Discount Taken

•Invoices without Discount Taken

7.Click the Preview or Print button to preview or print the report. Click the Configure tab to return to the report configuration page.

The Discount Taken Report function also provides you with flexibility to perform the following:

•Set up user-defined sort option

•Set up user-defined report layout

•Include notes in the printed report

•Export the report to various supported file formats

•Send the report as attachment to an email

•Drill-down on certain fields in the report:

oVendor #

AccountMate displays the Vendor Profile when you click the Vendor # in the report.

Discount Taken Report

Discount Taken Report

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