Adding a % discount field to a purchase order

Candace C, thank you for reaching out to me.  Not the answer I wanted but now I won't keep trying.  Thanks again.

Looking for the same feature. Seems like a large oversight from QB but I'm finding a lot of that in the program.

Looking for the same feature. Our bookkeeper is very annoyed that this wasn't considered by your programers. Our old accounting software from the 90's had it...pretty big oversight by QB

I can see the urgency and relevance of having the discount feature for a purchase order in QuickBooks, @mzub11.

As referenced by my peer above, the option to add a % discount field to a purchase order is currently unavailable in QuickBooks Desktop. 

That being said, I suggest looking for third-party applications that integrate well and provide an opportunity of adding a % discount field. 

To proceed, you may visit the QuickBooks Apps site and look for an app that meets your business needs. You can also do this inside your company by going to the Apps menu on the left panel.

In case you need help receiving inventory with or without a bill after you record a purchase order, you can go through this article: Receive inventory.

If I can be of assistance while working in QuickBooks, please let me know. I'd be more than willing to lend you a hand. Stay safe!

Anyone make any headway on this issue?  We switched over from some other software that allowed for me to just have a certain vendor at 25% discount off anything cost price when it was entered into the PO so it made it easy since i knew what all my msrp selling prices where so cost was the same then once entered into the PO I had a field where i could apply a manual discount on top of what was already discounted. But quickbooks can't even have a field in the inventory where you can figure out a cost price off of the selling price you need to manually calculate this for each item.  

Hi there, hhprecisonag.

Welcome back to the QuickBooks Community, hhprecisonag. I can see how essential adding a discount field for a purchase order in QuickBooks Desktop. With this, I'll ensure you can send feedback so the option you want to perform will make it possible.

QuickBooks Desktop offers you the tools to create personalized and professional-looking purchase orders and other vendor-related transactions. However, adding or allowing to have a certain vendor to manually add a 25% discount off to anything cost price when entering PO in QBDT is still currently unavailable. This is because QuickBooks uses the default format to ensure that everything is organized.

For now, I suggest going to the Help icon in QuickBooks Desktop and choosing Send Feedback Online. This way, you can submit a request about having the option to add a line or two under the subtotal on invoices and other details that you need in your business. Any recommendations are sent to our engineers for consideration in future updates.

Lastly, you may refer to this article to see steps on how you can run different reports that will tell you about different aspects of your business like sales and expenses that have been processed in QBDT: Understand reports.

If you have any more questions or concerns about managing your vendor transactions, I'm always happy to help. Simply include them in your comment below. Have a wonderful day, hhprecisonag.