This approach is useful when your business always takes the early payment discount and wants to record the discount at the time of processing.
What this article covers
Creating a one-off bill split for a discount
Saving a discount rule for future use
Setting up automatic discount splits for specific suppliers
How do I create a one-off bill split for an early payment discount?
To apply an early payment discount to a single bill, use the One-Off Bill Split feature. This creates line items based on your discount rule without saving it for future use.
Open the document in Datamolino
Click Bill Split and select New Split
Under Percentage split, click Add Percentage Amount
Fill in the following fields:
Description: Enter a description for the discount (e.g., "5% Discount NET 30")
Percentage: Enter the discount percentage (e.g., 5.0%)
Ledger account: Select the appropriate discount account
Tax code: Select the correct tax treatment for the discount
Region: Select the category region if required
Review the line items preview at the bottom of the screen
Click Apply Once to split the bill without saving the rule, or enter a rule name and click Save Rule & Apply to save it for future use
The split creates one line item for the discount amount and one line item for the remaining balance.
How do I save a discount rule for future use?
When creating a one-off bill split, you can save it as a reusable rule. At the bottom of the One-Off Bill Split screen, enter a name in the New Rule name field and click Save Rule & Apply. This saves the rule so you can select it from the dropdown next time you need to apply the same discount.
How do I set up automatic bill splits for a specific supplier?
To automatically apply a discount every time you process bills from a specific supplier, configure a Bill Split rule in the supplier's automation settings.
Open any document from the supplier
Click Automation in the document detail view
Switch to the Line Item Automation tab
Select Bill Split Rules
Toggle Bill Split on
Under Percentage split, click Add Percentage Amount
Fill in the discount details:
Description: Enter "5% Discount NET 30"
Percentage: Enter 5.0%
Ledger account: Select the appropriate discount account
Tax code: Select the correct tax treatment
Region: Select the category region if required
Click Save & Apply
Once saved, Datamolino automatically applies this bill split rule to all future bills from that supplier. Any leftover amount not allocated by the rule is coded according to the supplier's default settings.