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Change the Discount for an Invoice

Modified: 2 Sep 2026 Vista Accounting Accounts Payable Help

You can change the discount offered and/or discount taken for an invoice.

Use the Discounts tab of the AP Payment Control Detail form to change an invoice's discount amounts. When you change a discount amount, the new amount is distributed proportionately to all lines on the transaction, based on each line's gross amount. You can also use this feature to change both the discount offered and discount taken amounts to zero.
Note: The system only enables the fields on this tab if the Post Discounts Offered to GL and Net Amounts to Subledgers check box in the AP Company Parameters form, Pay Types/Discounts/ICR tab is not selected.
  1. From the main menu, select Accounts Payable > Programs > AP Payment Workfile.
  2. In the AP Payment Workfile form, select the transaction for which to change the discount amounts.
  3. Select the Discounts tab.
  4. To change the discount amount:
    1. select the Select Discount Amount checkbox.
      The system enables the Discount Amt field.
    2. enter the amount in the Discount Amt field.
  5. To change the discount percentage:
    1. select the Select Discount Percentage check box.
      The system enables the Discount % field.
    2. Enter the percentage in the Discount % field.
  6. To change the discount offered amount by the amount or percentage that you specified, select the Change Discount Offered checkbox.
  7. To change the discount taken amount by the amount or percentage that you specified, Select the Change Discount Taken checkbox.
  8. Click Update.
The system distributes the new amount proportionately to all invoice lines, based on each line's gross amount.
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