Determining the Customer's Discounted Price
Customers assigned a discount from list can be assigned one of two discount types in the Customer Order Entry tab. You can specify the customer's discount as a percentage in the Disc Type box and Percent box, or you can assign the customer a special discount contract through the Contracts boxes.
Several boxes in the Item window control the discount percentage specified in the Disc Type and Percent boxes. First, the customer may be assigned either the list price from the List $ box in the Item Master tab or the catalog price from the Catalog Price $ box in the wholesaler information. This is determined by the Catalog Price box in the Customer Order Entry tab. The purpose of discounting from the catalog price rather than the list is that the list price fluctuates.
Three boxes in the Item Settings tab control the discount percentage. The Net Price Flag box can be used to exempt an item from a standard discount percentage. The Max Discount % limits the percentage of discount on a particular item. The Up List % box raises the list or catalog price by a percentage before a discount is taken on a particular item.