Using subtotals, discounts, and other charges

When you add a subtotal item or a percentage discount or other charge to an…invoice, those items interact with other items in the invoice table.…A subtotal item simply adds up all the previous lines up to the last subtotal or…the top of the table.…A discount or other charge item that is setup as a percentage, applies that…percentage to the value on the previous line, which means you have to add…subtotals and percentage items to the invoice in the right place, or they won't…do what do you want.…

To see how this works, on the homepage click Create Invoices.…In the Customer List select a customer.…In the Item Code cell, choose the items you want to add.…Let's says some demolition work and some carpentry work.…Suppose you want to discount what you charge for both of these services.…If you add a percentage discount item after the carpentry item, QuickBooks…applies the discount only to the previous line, which is the carpentry work.…

So you have to add a subtotal.…The subtotal adds up the amount for the lines up to the top of the table in this case.…