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Invoice Discounts Support for QuickBooks Online

How Re-Leased handles QuickBooks Online invoice-level discounts — proportional distribution across line items, GST/VAT-exclusive and inclusive treatment, rounding differences, recalculation warnings, and re-sync behaviour after editing.

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QuickBooks Online applies discounts at the invoice level. Re-Leased handles this by spreading the discount proportionally across each line item, keeping amounts and GST/VAT totals accurate after sync.



How Discounts Are Distributed

Re-Leased allocates the invoice-level discount across each line item based on its relative value — producing a fair split so every line reflects its share. When lines use different GST/VAT types, the proportional discount is applied while preserving the correct tax treatment on each line.



GST/VAT-Exclusive vs Inclusive Invoices

  • GST/VAT-exclusive invoices — Re-Leased shows base amounts and adds GST/VAT afterwards to reach the total.

  • GST/VAT-inclusive invoices — Re-Leased shows exclusive values by default on synced invoices. When you edit a GST/VAT-inclusive invoice, the full inclusive values and their discount splits are displayed.



Rounding Differences

QuickBooks Online and Re-Leased handle decimals differently — QBO truncates to 2 decimal places while Re-Leased rounds. This may cause small differences in totals when discounts and multiple GST/VAT types apply on the same invoice.



GST/VAT Recalculation Warning When Editing

If you edit a synced invoice in Re-Leased and a rounding mismatch is detected, Re-Leased shows a warning before recalculating:

The total tax amount from QuickBooks Online is [QuickBooks Online tax amount]. Editing this invoice will re-calculate tax using the current tax rate (as shown below).

This helps you keep GST/VAT totals aligned and avoid unexpected changes.



Re-Syncing Edited Invoices

  1. Edit the synced invoice in Re-Leased.

  2. Save the changes.

  3. The invoice re-syncs to QuickBooks Online automatically.

  4. Review updated totals in QBO after its recalculation.

Note: Expect small differences after re-sync when rounding and mixed GST/VAT types are involved.


GST/VAT may be referred to as Tax in North America. For more information on regional terminology, see our Glossary of Regional Terminology.

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