Commercial Discount with simple Billit Fields

Commercial Discounts easy to use

Commercial Discount

On the invoice line:

  • you can mention a the line net price (no indication of commercial discount)
  • you can include discount information (if customer wants to know the discount details)

Data that can be obtained after creation of the invoice:

PropertySample ValueInfo
DiscountPercentage25Discount percentage

Example:

{
 "OrderType": "Invoice",
 "OrderDirection": "Income",
 "OrderNumber": "QS-50001",
 "OrderDate": "2025-09-15",
 "ExpiryDate": "2025-10-30",
  "PaymentDiscountPercentage": 1.50,
  "PaymentReductionDays": 8,
  "Customer": {
   "Name": "Customer Name",
   "VATNumber": "BE0759529999",
   "PartyType": "Customer",
   "Addresses": [
        {
        "AddressType": "InvoiceAddress",
        "Name": "Customer Name",
        "Street": "Oktrooiplein",
        "StreetNumber": "1",
        "City": "Ghent",
        "Zip": "9000",
        "CountryCode": "BE"
        },
   ]
   },
  "OrderLines": [
            {
              "Quantity": 14,
              "UnitPriceExcl": 2.23,
              "Description": "my order line1",
              "ReductionPercentage": 25,  // % commercial discount
              "VATPercentage": 21.0
            }
            ],
}

Below an example how it will be included in the UBL when it is sent via Open/Peppol:

Specific fields in the UBL:

PropertySample ValueInfo
1ChargeIndicatorfalse : it is a discount
2AllowanceChargeReasonfixed text set by Billit : allowance
3AmountTotal amount of the line discount, calculated by Billit based on ReductionPercentage