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4.9.2 Specifying Invoice Category Discounts


You can specify invoice category discounts at the global
level, so they apply to all cost centers, and at the cost
center level, so they apply to a specified cost center.  Any
specifications for individual cost centers override the
global specifications.

To specify global invoice category discounts, select the
Invoice Category Discounts option on the Financial Recap File
Specification Menu (MWF;4;2;3;2;2;3).  To specify invoice
category discounts for a specific cost center, select Invoice
Options on the Cost Center Attributes menu (MWF;4;2;1;1;2).


Figure 4-70 is the Global Invoice Category Discount
Worksheet.  Use this worksheet to define global invoice
category discounts.

_____________________________________________________________     +-----------------------------------------------------------+ | Date: __/__/__                   Administrator: _________ | +-----------------------------------------------------------+    Invoice                                             Discount  Category  Description                               Percent  --------  ----------------------------------------  --------      ____    ________________________________________  _______      ____    ________________________________________  _______      ____    ________________________________________  _______      ____    ________________________________________  _______      ____    ________________________________________  _______      ____    ________________________________________  _______      ____    ________________________________________  _______      ____    ________________________________________  _______      ____    ________________________________________  _______      ____    ________________________________________  _______      ____    ________________________________________  _______    ____________________________________________________________



 Figure 4-70.  Global Invoice Category Discount Worksheet



Use the worksheet to define the following parameters:

INVOICE CATEGORY

Description:  The invoice category to which the discount
percentage will be applied.

Default:  N/A

Values:  Numeric, 0 - 8999


INVOICE CATEGORY DESCRIPTION

Description:  The descriptive name of the invoice category.
(For your use only.  This information is automatically
displayed on the Invoice Category Discounts panel when you
enter an Invoice Category.)


DISCOUNT PERCENT

Description:  The discount percentage that will be applied to
this Invoice Category for all cost centers.

Default:  N/A

Values:  Numeric, 0 - 100

NOTE:  Decimal positions are allowed, but the total length of
       the field is restricted to 8.


EXAMPLE--GLOBAL INVOICE CATEGORY DISCOUNT

The example shown in Figure 4-71 shows a 10% discount for
invoice category 1100, Central Processor(s), and a 5%
discount for invoice category 1200, Channels.


_____________________________________________________________


 Invoice                                             Discount
 Category  Description                               Percent
 --------  ----------------------------------------  --------

   1100    CENTRAL PROCESSOR(S)                      10

   1200    CHANNELS                                  5

 ____________________________________________________________


 Figure 4-71.  Global Invoice Category Discount Example



Figure 4-72 is the Cost Center Invoice Category Discount
Worksheet.  Use this worksheet to define invoice category
discounts for specified cost centers.

_____________________________________________________________     +-----------------------------------------------------------+ | Date: __/__/__           Administrator: _________________ | +-----------------------------------------------------------+     Cost Center Name  __________________   Invoice Category  ________   Invoice Category Description __________________________   Invoice Category Discount  _________          (0 - 100)   _____________________________________________________________


 Figure 4-72. Cost Center Invoice Category Discount Worksheet

Use the worksheet to define the following parameters:


COST CENTER NAME

Description:  The name of the cost center. (For your use
only.  You will select the cost center on the Cost Center
Selection panel.)


INVOICE CATEGORY

Description:  The invoice category to which the discount
percentage will be applied.

NOTE: The invoice category discount is computed before any
      lump sum discount or fixed percentage discount is
      computed for the total invoice amount.

Default:  None

Values:  4-digit Invoice Category number


INVOICE CATEGORY DESCRIPTION

Description:  The descriptive name of the invoice category.
(For your use only.  This information is automatically
displayed on the Cost Center Attributes panel when you enter
an Invoice Category.)


DISCOUNT

Description:  The discount percentage that will be applied to
the invoice category for this cost center.

Default:  None

Values:  0 to 100. Up to 6 decimal positions.


EXAMPLE--INVOICE CATEGORY DISCOUNT FOR A SPECIFIED COST
CENTER

In the example in Figure 4-73, a 10 percent discount will be
applied to Invoice Category 1100, Central Processor(s), for
the Eastern Region cost center, overriding any global
discount specified for Invoice Category 1100.


_____________________________________________________________

Cost Center Name  EASTERN REGION

Invoice category  1100

Invoice Category Description CENTRAL PROCESSOR(S)

Invoice category discount  10                 (0 - 100)

_____________________________________________________________

 Figure 4-73.  Example Cost Center Invoice Category Discount