# How can I apply discounts to purchase orders? **URL:** \ **Category:** Procurement\ **Tags:** Procurement\ **Created:** [July 7, 2025, 1:54pm UTC](https://community.nextw.com/t/how-can-i-apply-discounts-to-purchase-orders/686 "2025-07-07T13:54:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![abbey.brandt](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/community.nextw.com/abbey.brandt/32/324_2.png) [@abbey.brandt](https://community.nextw.com/u/abbey.brandt)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2025, 1:54pm UTC](https://community.nextw.com/t/how-can-i-apply-discounts-to-purchase-orders/686/1 "2025-07-07T13:54:00Z")
How can I apply discounts to purchase orders? ---
**Author:** ![tom.willett](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/community.nextw.com/tom.willett/32/420_2.png) [@tom.willett](https://community.nextw.com/u/tom.willett)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2025, 4:56pm UTC](https://community.nextw.com/t/how-can-i-apply-discounts-to-purchase-orders/686/2 "2025-07-07T16:56:23Z")
Hi Abbey! Users can apply discounts to Purchase Orders by entering negative lines onto the orders. Negative lines can have a negative **Price** , but not a negative **Quantity**. **Purchase Orders** The system supports individual Purchase Order lines with a negative **Price** and a negative **Extended Price** , but the overall total of the Purchase Order _across lines_ must be positive. In essence, the system does not allow for an overall negative Purchase Order. This applies to Purchase Orders and Subcontract Purchase Orders as well as the Value Only versions of these documents. **Purchase Order Returns** Purchase Order Returns also support negative lines but in this case, they do not work as discounts. Instead, negative lines on Purchase Order Returns act as a fee applied by the supplier processing the return. When entering these lines into Purchase Order Returns, users must select a **Return Type** of **Fee**. Much like Purchase Orders, this will allow users to enter a negative **Price** but not a negative **Quantity**. A common use case for negative lines in Purchase Order Returns is that the supplier processing the return requires the customer to pay an inspection fee as part of their return process.