Hi TS,
The Discount Field you are seeing is referencing the amount a supplier agrees to give up in exchange for an Early Payment. For example, the supplier may say, I will give you 2% in order to get paid 10 days after my invoice has been approved. If the buyer agrees, then they pay early minus the discount.
On the Ariba Network, we have multiple functionalities to facilitate this transaction. We can set up invoice by invoice discounts, Discounts based on the PO payment term, or standing early payment discounts. This functionality is standard in the DSN module, or for enterprise customers who have bought our Discount Management solution.
The adjustment field you are seeing is from an adjustment to the tax if applicable. Certain tax bodies require additional information / tax treatment if a supplier gets paid early minus a discount. We provide functionality to automate this in 20+ regions if the buyer would like to turn on that feature.
I hope this helps!
Travis
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