Discount types

When created adjusted transactions, use one of the discounts types (disc) listed in the table below. If discounts don’t apply, or if you're unsure, set this value to0.

Discounts may or may not be taxed within each state. When a discount is taxed, the customer receives a tax benefit commensurate with the amount of the discount. (For example, if the customer gets $5 off on a transaction subject to a 5% tax, the customer pays $0.25 less in tax than they would have.)

When a discount isn’t taxed, the customer receives no tax benefit from the discount. Whether a discount is taxed or not depends on the type of discount and the rules in the particular tax jurisdiction.

Note

Using a discount type other than 0 (None) may result in a $0.00 tax calculation because some jurisdictions don't allow tax refunds for other discount types.

Table 1.
Discount name	Value	Description
None (default)	`0`	Not defined. AFC engine will return negative tax.
Retail product	`1`	Promotional pricing, customer discounts and/or coupons that result in a reduction of price in goods
Manufacturer rebate	`2`	A credit applied to the total amount reimbursed to either the retailer or the customer by the manufacturer
Account level	`3`	A deduction in the tax amount based on reasons such as bad debt write offs or billing corrections.
Subsidized	`4`	Government credits such as for a telephone service where the provider provides a service to a lifeline eligible customer for a subscriber line charge.
Goodwill	`5`	A credit applied to a customer's invoice for the purpose of good will, for example compensation for a service outage.