The Discount Allocation app distributes payment discounts across the VAT combinations, dimensions, and G/L accounts of the original posting. It helps accounting users process payment discounts consistently and trace them back to the original allocation.
Current Version:
1.0.1.0as of Business Central 27
Manual
Creation date: 2026/11/10 The current version of this manual can be found at:
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General
App Discount Allocation The Discount Allocation app distributes payment discounts across the VAT combinations, dimensions, and G/L accounts of the original posting. It helps accounting users process payment discounts consistently and trace them back to the original allocation...
Setup
Set Up Discount Allocation
Tasks
Working with the App Use Discount Allocation to distribute payment discounts across the VAT combinations, dimensions, and G/L accounts of the original posting. The allocation is created automatically when a payment discount is posted; no separate allocation action is required...
Pages
Discount Allocation Detail Entries Use this page to review how a payment discount is distributed across the original VAT combinations, dimensions, and G/L accounts...
Detailed Customer Ledger Entries Use this page to review detailed customer ledger entries and see whether discount allocation detail entries were created for an entry...
Detailed Vendor Ledger Entries Use this page to review detailed vendor ledger entries and see whether discount allocation detail entries were created for an entry...
General Ledger Setup Use this page to enable discount allocation separately for sales and purchase postings...
G/L Account Card Use this page to define which G/L account is used when payment discounts are allocated for this account...
VAT Entries Use this page to review the discount allocation information stored with posted VAT entries...
VAT Entries Preview Use this page to review the discount allocation information that will be stored with VAT entries before posting...
Appendix
Release Notes
Docs / Solution / Discount Allocation / General General
The Discount Allocation app distributes payment discounts across the VAT combinations, dimensions, and G/L accounts of the original posting. It helps accounting users process payment discounts consistently and trace them back to the original allocation.
Docs / Solution / Discount Allocation / Setup Set Up Discount Allocation
First enable discount allocation in General Ledger Setup. The settings for sales and purchases are independent of each other.
Activation
Field
Description
Sales Discount Posting with Original Dimensions
Enables the allocation of payment discounts from sales postings across the original dimensions and VAT combinations.
Purchase Discount Posting with Original Dimensions
Enables the allocation of payment discounts from purchase postings across the original dimensions and VAT combinations.
Further setup and use
Next, review the account settings for discount allocation on the G/L Account Card. For the steps to post and review allocations, see Working with the App.
Docs / Solution / Discount Allocation / Tasks Working with the App
Use Discount Allocation to distribute payment discounts across the VAT combinations, dimensions, and G/L accounts of the original posting. The allocation is created automatically when a payment discount is posted; no separate allocation action is required.
Allocation shares are calculated using the VAT base of the original VAT entries included in the allocation. Decimal places in the total VAT base are retained in the calculation basis.
Set up discount allocation
Open General Ledger Setup and enable discount allocation for sales, purchase, or both posting types.
Open the relevant G/L Account Card and define whether the allocation uses the standard discount account, the original account, or an alternative account.
Post and review allocations
Post or apply an entry with a payment discount as usual.
Review the captured allocation status, dimensions, and original G/L account in VAT Entries. Before posting, the same information is available in VAT Entries Preview.
Use Discount Allocation Detail Entry to review the calculated shares, VAT combinations, dimensions, and G/L accounts used for the allocation.
Use this page to review how a payment discount is distributed across the original VAT combinations, dimensions, and G/L accounts.
Fields
Dltd. Cust./Vend. Leger Entry No.
Specifies the detailed customer or vendor ledger entry to which this allocation belongs.
VAT Bus. Posting Group
Shows the VAT business posting group used to identify the VAT combination for the allocation.
VAT Prod. Posting Group
Shows the VAT product posting group used to identify the VAT combination for the allocation.
Dimension Set ID
Shows the dimension set assigned to the original entry. Select the value to view its dimension values.
Global Dimension 1 Code
Shows the first global dimension derived from the dimension set and used for the allocation posting.
Global Dimension 2 Code
Shows the second global dimension derived from the dimension set and used for the allocation posting.
Share %
Shows the percentage of the original VAT base represented by this allocation. Decimal places in the total VAT base included in the allocation are retained when calculating the share. The discount amount is distributed using this percentage.
Origin Amount
Shows the original VAT base amount on which this allocation share is based.
G/L Account No.
Shows the G/L account no. selected for this discount allocation according to the account configuration.
Use this page to review detailed customer ledger entries and see whether discount allocation detail entries were created for an entry.
Fields
Discount Allocation Entries
Shows the number of discount allocation detail entries created for this detailed customer ledger entry. A blank value means that no allocation entries exist.
Use this page to review detailed vendor ledger entries and see whether discount allocation detail entries were created for an entry.
Fields
Discount Allocation Entries
Shows the number of discount allocation detail entries created for this detailed vendor ledger entry. A blank value means that no allocation entries exist.
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Build-Overview in DevOps
NVXDIA 1.0.1.0
as of Business Central 27 2026/10/21
Corrections
When calculating discount allocation shares, decimal places in the total VAT base included in the allocation are retained. The calculation basis is no longer rounded to an integer.
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