{"id":151208,"date":"2026-10-20T08:00:42","date_gmt":"2026-10-20T08:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/docs.daftra.com\/faq\/%d9%85%d8%aa%d9%89-%d9%8a%d8%b8%d9%87%d8%b1-%d8%b9%d9%85%d9%88%d8%af-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%ae%d8%b5%d9%85-%d9%81%d9%8a-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%81%d8%a7%d8%aa%d9%88%d8%b1%d8%a9-%d9%88%d9%85%d8%aa%d9%89-%d9%8a%d8%ae\/"},"modified":"2026-10-20T09:32:38","modified_gmt":"2026-10-20T09:32:38","slug":"when-does-the-discount-column-appear-in-the-invoice-and-when-does-it-disappear","status":"publish","type":"faq","link":"https:\/\/docs.daftra.com\/en\/faq\/when-does-the-discount-column-appear-in-the-invoice-and-when-does-it-disappear\/","title":{"rendered":"When does the discount column appear in the invoice, and when does it disappear?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0 0 14px; line-height: 1.9; font-size: 16px; color: #1f2430;\">There&#8217;s no direct option called &#8220;hide discount column&#8221;, but whether the column appears is decided in two ways: on the <strong style=\"color: #111827;\">invoice creation screen<\/strong> by the <strong style=\"color: #111827;\">How to Apply Discounts<\/strong> setting, and on the <strong style=\"color: #111827;\">printed invoice<\/strong> by whether any item has a discount.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; color: #111827; margin: 24px 0 10px;\">First: the discount column on the invoice creation screen<\/h3>\n<p style=\"margin: 0 0 14px; line-height: 1.9; font-size: 16px; color: #1f2430;\">From <a style=\"color: #1a56db;\" href=\"https:\/\/go.daftra.com\/owner\/invoices\/settings\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong style=\"color: #1a56db;\">Invoices Settings<\/strong><\/a> \u2192 <strong style=\"color: #111827;\">Pricing &amp; Discounts<\/strong> \u2192 <strong style=\"color: #111827;\">How to Apply Discounts<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; margin: 0 0 18px;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"border: 1px solid #e5e7eb; padding: 10px 12px; text-align: left; background: #f6f8fb; font-weight: bold;\">Option<\/th>\n<th style=\"border: 1px solid #e5e7eb; padding: 10px 12px; text-align: left; background: #f6f8fb; font-weight: bold;\">Discount column in the items<\/th>\n<th style=\"border: 1px solid #e5e7eb; padding: 10px 12px; text-align: left; background: #f6f8fb; font-weight: bold;\">Invoice total discount (Discount &amp; Adjustment tab)<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #e5e7eb; padding: 10px 12px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top;\"><strong style=\"color: #111827;\">Invoice Total Discount Only<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #e5e7eb; padding: 10px 12px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top;\"><strong style=\"color: #111827;\">Hidden<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #e5e7eb; padding: 10px 12px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top;\">Shown<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #e5e7eb; padding: 10px 12px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top;\"><strong style=\"color: #111827;\">Discount per Item<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #e5e7eb; padding: 10px 12px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top;\">Shown<\/td>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #e5e7eb; padding: 10px 12px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top;\"><strong style=\"color: #111827;\">Hidden<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #e5e7eb; padding: 10px 12px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top;\"><strong style=\"color: #111827;\">Both Invoice Total and per Item<\/strong> (default)<\/td>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #e5e7eb; padding: 10px 12px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top;\">Shown<\/td>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #e5e7eb; padding: 10px 12px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top;\">Shown<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p style=\"margin: 0 0 14px; line-height: 1.9; font-size: 16px; color: #1f2430;\">To hide the discount column from the items: choose <strong style=\"color: #111827;\">Invoice Total Discount Only<\/strong> and save. This applies to invoices, estimates, sales orders, notes and returns.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; color: #111827; margin: 24px 0 10px;\">Second: the discount column on the printed invoice or PDF<\/h3>\n<ul style=\"margin: 0 0 16px; padding-left: 26px;\">\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 10px; line-height: 1.9; font-size: 16px; color: #1f2430;\">The discount column appears <strong style=\"color: #111827;\">only if at least one item has a discount<\/strong>, and it disappears automatically if no item has a discount.<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 10px; line-height: 1.9; font-size: 16px; color: #1f2430;\">The <strong style=\"color: #111827;\">How to Apply Discounts<\/strong> setting doesn&#8217;t affect printing; old invoices with item discounts still show the column.<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 10px; line-height: 1.9; font-size: 16px; color: #1f2430;\">The invoice total discount doesn&#8217;t appear as a column, but as a <strong style=\"color: #111827;\">Discount<\/strong> line in the totals, and only if it&#8217;s greater than zero.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"margin: 0 0 14px; line-height: 1.9; font-size: 16px; color: #1f2430;\">To hide the column from the print: don&#8217;t put discounts on the items, and use the invoice total discount instead (it then appears only as a line in the totals).<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; color: #111827; margin: 24px 0 10px;\">Can I hide the column from the invoice layout?<\/h3>\n<p style=\"margin: 0 0 14px; line-height: 1.9; font-size: 16px; color: #1f2430;\"><a style=\"color: #1a56db;\" href=\"https:\/\/go.daftra.com\/owner\/invoice_layouts\/index\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong style=\"color: #1a56db;\">Invoice Layouts<\/strong><\/a> has no option to hide the discount column; you can only rename it (<strong style=\"color: #111827;\">Discount<\/strong>). For a custom design that always hides the column, you can edit the template&#8217;s HTML, or contact the <a style=\"color: #1a56db;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.daftra.com\/%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%82-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%85%D8%AC%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AE%D8%A7%D8%B5%D8%A9\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong style=\"color: #1a56db;\">custom development team<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; color: #111827; margin: 24px 0 10px;\">Summary: when does the discount column appear and when does it disappear?<\/h3>\n<table style=\"width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; margin: 0 0 18px;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"border: 1px solid #e5e7eb; padding: 10px 12px; text-align: left; background: #f6f8fb; font-weight: bold;\">Where<\/th>\n<th style=\"border: 1px solid #e5e7eb; padding: 10px 12px; text-align: left; background: #f6f8fb; font-weight: bold;\">Appears when<\/th>\n<th style=\"border: 1px solid #e5e7eb; padding: 10px 12px; text-align: left; background: #f6f8fb; font-weight: bold;\">Disappears when<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #e5e7eb; padding: 10px 12px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top;\">Invoice creation screen<\/td>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #e5e7eb; padding: 10px 12px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top;\"><strong style=\"color: #111827;\">How to Apply Discounts<\/strong> = per item, or both total and per item.<\/td>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #e5e7eb; padding: 10px 12px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top;\"><strong style=\"color: #111827;\">How to Apply Discounts<\/strong> = invoice total discount only.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #e5e7eb; padding: 10px 12px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top;\">Printed invoice \/ PDF<\/td>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #e5e7eb; padding: 10px 12px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top;\">At least one item has a discount.<\/td>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #e5e7eb; padding: 10px 12px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top;\">No item has a discount.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #e5e7eb; padding: 10px 12px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top;\">Discount line in the totals<\/td>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #e5e7eb; padding: 10px 12px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top;\">The invoice has a discount.<\/td>\n<td style=\"border: 1px solid #e5e7eb; padding: 10px 12px; text-align: left; vertical-align: top;\">There&#8217;s no discount at all.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<div style=\"display: flex; gap: 10px; background: #f6f8fb; border-left: 4px solid #1a56db; border-radius: 6px; padding: 14px 16px; margin: 0 0 18px;\">\n<p><span style=\"flex: 0 0 auto; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.6;\">\ud83d\udec8<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0; line-height: 1.9; font-size: 16px; color: #1f2430;\"><strong style=\"color: #111827;\">Note:<\/strong> Purchase invoices have a separate setting with the same name, <strong style=\"color: #111827;\">How to Apply Discounts<\/strong>, in <a style=\"color: #1a56db;\" href=\"https:\/\/go.daftra.com\/v2\/owner\/purchase-invoices\/settings\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong style=\"color: #1a56db;\">Purchase Invoice Settings<\/strong><\/a>, with the same rule for the print. In POS, discounts are controlled by the <strong style=\"color: #111827;\">Add Discount<\/strong> permission.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"template":"","categories":[2064,2067],"tags":[24097,24103,24100,24101,24099,24065,24095,24102,19507,3882,3879,24098,24096,19404],"class_list":["post-151208","faq","type-faq","status-publish","hentry","category-templates","category-printable-templates","tag-discount-and-reconciliation","tag-discount-column","tag-discount-on-both-the-invoice-total-and-each-line-item","tag-discount-on-each-line-item-individually","tag-discount-on-invoice-total-only","tag-hide-discount-column-en","tag-hide-the-discount-column-from-the-invoice","tag-how-to-apply-discounts","tag-invoice-designs","tag-invoice-discount","tag-invoice-settings","tag-line-item-discount","tag-pricing-and-discounts","tag-printed-invoice"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v17.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>When does the discount column appear in the invoice, and when does it disappear? - Daftra Knowledge Base<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/docs.daftra.com\/en\/faq\/when-does-the-discount-column-appear-in-the-invoice-and-when-does-it-disappear\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"When does the discount column appear in the invoice, and when does it disappear? - Daftra Knowledge Base\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"There&#8217;s no direct option called &#8220;hide discount column&#8221;, but whether the column appears is decided in two ways: on the invoice creation screen by the How to Apply Discounts setting, and on the printed invoice by whether any item has a discount. 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