Add a discount to an invoice, estimate or sales receipt in QuickBooks Online

Learn how to discount invoices and sales receipts.

Want to give your favorite customer a discount? You can discount a percentage of an invoice, estimate, or sales receipt. If you have set discounts with fixed prices, we'll also show you how to add them as a line item on your form.

If you'd like to make it easy for your customers to pay an invoice online, check out QuickBooks Payments rates and apply.

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Prerequisites

Start by turning on discounts in your account settings. 

1. Select Settings ⚙ and then Account and settings (Take me there).
2. Select the Sales tab.
3. In the Sales form content section, select Edit ✎.
4. Turn on Discount.
5. Select Save and then Done.

Note: If you turn off discounts while creating an invoice, it turns them off in your account settings as well.

Add a discount as a percentage of your subtotal

1. Select + New.
2. Select Invoice, Estimate, or Sales receipt.
3. Fill out your invoice, estimate, or sales receipt.
4. Optional: To apply a discount before sales tax is calculated, select the double arrow icon next to the discount field. This switches the order of the tax and discount fields.
5. For the discount, choose $ for a flat discount or % for a percentage discount.
6. Enter the percentage or amount you want to discount in the discount field. 
7. Select Save.

Related links

• Create invoices in QuickBooks Online
• Send an invoice to a customer in QuickBooks Online
• Create and send estimates in QuickBooks Online
• Create sales receipts in QuickBooks Online