Discount Voucher Dilemma

Question asked by Mike Ellis 3 years ago

I have access to a discount voucher scheme which allows me to by vouchers that can be traded in for goods that I use frequently and this represents a 5% saving. So worth having. I buy the voucher at 5% less than the face value and then trade it in at the face value. This is legit btw !

Here’s an example… Voucher purchase price £95 Voucher face value £100

I then use this to buy something for £110. To do this I trade in the voucher at the face value of £100 and make a debit card payment of £10. The retailer provides me with an invoice for £110.

When I then subsequently do end of month reconciliation I have an invoice for £110 that needs to be reconciled against actual outgoings of £105. Whats the most appropriate approach to this in CB?

I have considered adding a seperate negative discount line to the bill to represent the value of the savings so that the invoice value match the bank statement outgoings.

3 Replies

Hi Mike,

I believe so, in this case, you may need to manually proportion the VAT on negative line. However, I would advise double checking with an accountant to be sure.

Tommy

Hi Mike,

You are indeed correct, you can add a negative discount line on the bill to reduce the gross amount. Alternatively, you could create a credit note for £5 in the example above and allocate to the bill.

Tommy

Are their implication to this approach if the invoice contains multiple items at different VAT rates?

Hi Mike,

I believe so, in this case, you may need to manually proportion the VAT on negative line. However, I would advise double checking with an accountant to be sure.

Tommy

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