1. MAS 500 Customer Order Discounts and Accruals Processing
This MAS500 enhancement is to apply discounts, allowances, and accruals with client’s business logics and follow through the ordering process. Discounts and allowances are populated within Sales order entry and flow through to the Accounts Receivable invoice screen.
Ship Method field can be added to the category for any shipping related discounts. (e.g. customer pick up allowance)
Inv Ded. Type (Invoice Deduct Type) needs to be defined to show what type of the discounts this category applies.
The choices are:
Promo: Promotions
Accrual
Pickup Allow: Pickup allowances
Misc Allow: Miscellaneous allowances
Accrual Type:
GL Only – This type will only apply to the GL entries.
Customer Credit Memo
AP Voucher – This type will generate the AP voucher for the customer and create an accrual check.
Offset Accrual Acct (Offset Accrual GL Account) can be applied to define what GL Account the accrual will be applicable.
Discount Method:
$ Amt Per Line – Fixed amount of the discount per applicable order line.
# Cases Per Line – Discount will be applied for the applicable order quantity
The following two types are for the order level of discounts
# Cases Per Order – Discount will be applied for the total order quantity
$ Amt Per Order – Fixed amount of the discount per applicable order.

2. MAS 500 Customer Order Discounts and Accruals Processing -2
Setup discount, allowance, or accrual item
After setting up the category of the discount, the user may set the discount item. Item discounts are assigned by the customer and by the address. If an item is applicable for the customer, leave the address to be blank to apply for the customer level. Otherwise, discount item will be applied to the specific address associated with the customer.

3. MAS 500 Customer Order Discounts and Accruals Processing -3
After set up discount categories and items, a sales order can be created in any manner. When the discounts are applicable, the system will place the discount entry immediately after the applicable item in order to show the customer clearly the discounted information. For the header level discounts, this information will be displayed at the end of the orders. Accruals will be also checked and processed but those accruals will be placed in the special table behind the scenes to track.

4. MAS 500 Customer Order Discounts and Accruals Processing -4
After the invoice is posted, the new accrual process screen shall be utilized. A/R Credit Memo, GL or AP accruals will be processed. Only the accruals of the posted invoices will be able to process. A user can choose between different types of the accruals and limit the accruals by the customer, invoice number and/or the invoice date.
If a credit memo accrual is chosen, the credit memo of the accrual amount will be created on the customer.
When GL accrual is chosen, the GL transaction of the accrual amount will be processed.
Finally, when the AP accrual is chosen, the accrual amount will be created in AP voucher for the customer.