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title: "About Retail Discount Reasons"
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updated: 2026-07-23T08:05:42Z
published: 2026-08-10T20:23:40Z
canonical: "help.idibilling.com/about-retail-discount-reasons"
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# About Retail Discount Reasons

Retail Discount Reasons are managed via the POS Back Office.

They explain why a specific retail product is discounted. They also impact the tax calculation of the discounted item. The retail discount reasons must exist before creating a promotion or adding a retail discount on a Make Sale.

The Retail Discount Reasons form includes a system-defined ID, the reason description and whether or not the reason can be used for returns and receive returns.

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To add or edit a Retail Discount Reason:

- Right-click a row and select **New**. This displays the Add Retail Discount Reason window.

OR

To edit a Retail Discount Reason, double-click the row of the reason to display the Edit Retail Discount Reasons form.

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- Change or add a Description.
- Enter the Start Date. The start date dictates when the Retail Discount Reason is used for an On-the-fly-Discount or to configure a retail promotion.
- Enter the End Date. The end date dictates when the Retail Discount Reason is not displayed for an on-the-fly discount or to configure a retail promotion.
- Check **Show on Price Adjustment** if the discount reason needs to be used to for returns and you need to be able to adjust the price.
- Check **Hide On Sales** if you do not want the selection results, in the Retail Discount Reason, not being deipslayed for an on-the-fly discount.
- To edit the General Ledger properties, click the row then click **Edit** in the bottom left of the Add/Edit Assigned GL Account form.

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- Change the Override if necessary, between Inherit and Override and click **Save** to keep your GL change.
- Check **Is FASB ASC 606 Eligible** if the discount reason will apply to [FASB ASC 606 eligible sales](/v1/docs/fasb-asc-606-eligibility).
- Click **Save** at the Add/Edit Retail Discount Reasons window to keep your changes.

To delete a Retail Discount Reason:
- Right-click the Retail Discount Reason you want to remove and select **Delete**.