3499824 - Cash discount is not automatically applied on the payment run for some invoices

Symptom

You execute a payment run of Payables and on one of the payment proposals, the cash discount of the open items are not calculated automatically even though Payment Term, for example, 10 days 2% cash discount, 20 days net is assigned to these open invoices. You are sure that the payment date for this payment proposal is within 10 days from at least some invoice dates.

Environment

SAP Business ByDesign

Reproducing the Issue

Go to Payables Work Center > Payment Runs view
Search for the Run ID: XYZ (XYZ is the Run ID)
Under Execution details, Click View Payment Proposals
Select the Payment ID ABC (ABC is the payment ID), the cash discount is not applied for the invoice

Cause

The issue lies on Supplier Invoice side.

On the item level of the supplier invoice, there is a check box option called Cash Discount Relevant. If Cash Discount Relevant is checked, a discount is allowed for the item. If it is not checked, no discount is allowed on the item.

Therefore if the check box on the item level is not checked, no possible cash discount will be considered even if the payment terms conditions suggest a potential discount if the invoice is paid within the timeframe defined in the payment terms.

Resolution

To have the possible discount from the payment terms conditions to be visible as Cash Discount on the payment proposal, the check box Cash Discount Relevant on the item level in the Supplier invoice needs to be flagged.

As it is not possible to alter an already posted supplier invoice, you have to cancel the existing invoice and create a new one with the check box flagged.

Keywords

cash discount, payment run, automatic, payment, applied, payment proposal, calculated , KBA , SRD-FIN-ACP , Payables , How To

Product

SAP Business ByDesign all versions