RE: [ubl-dev] Modeling multiple possible invoice totals based on payment means

["G. Ken Holman" <gkholman@CraneSoftwrights.com>]

Thank you for taking the time to answer, Fulton,

At 2007-01-06 16:04 -0500, Fulton Wilcox wrote:
>Quite apart from eBusiness, an invoice by definition will always have a
>single-number "total due," which represents "truth" as to the buyers'
>commitment as understood by the seller.

Interesting ... I can see that.

>On the other hand, conditional discounts and fees (e.g. a discount of 1% for
>paying in less than 10 days, the discount you showed for using a credit
>card, the premium you showed for using EFT) are not current "truth," but
>projections of the results of optional, non-committed buyer behaviors.

Good point.

>For there to be a different seller-recognized invoice total, the payer has to
>choose to pursue some non-base case payment option. Therefore, from the
>seller's perspective, the other totals you showed are mythical until the
>payment is received via an optional track.

That makes sense.

>Amounts due if the buyer elects other payment options therefore would not be
>conveyed in the invoice at all or would be appear as an advisory (pretty
>much as would happen in printing a physical invoice).

So I suppose such would be conveyed simply in the "notes" field?

Looking again after learning from your note, I just found 
"PaymentTerms" in which is found associated amounts, etc.

So, perhaps then the invoice has the one total CAD$1000 and three 
different payment terms:  the cheque (no charge), the EFT (charge), 
and the Internet (charge + currency).

Only with your detailed explanation, Fulton, have I come around to 
this understanding.  Thank you for your counsel!  Have a great day.

. . . . . . . . . Ken


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