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NSC | Applying Per-Piece Flat Rate Discounts on Sales Orders

May 17, 2026 12:33AM in Accounting / ERP

Scenario:
The user needed to apply a flat-rate discount per quantity sold on a Sales Order or Invoice. When using a standard Discount Item inside an Item Group, the discount was only applied once per group instead of multiplying by the quantity sold, resulting in incorrect total discount calculations.

Solution:
Currently, NetSuite standard Discount Items do not support quantity-based flat-rate discounts within Item Groups.

This limitation is tracked under:

Enhancement #96044
Allow Quantity for Flat Rate Discounts And Show Subtotal

As a workaround, a Non-Inventory Item for Sale can be created and used as a custom discount item because non-inventory items support quantities on transaction lines.

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