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Subject: RE: [ubl-dev] Modeling multiple possible invoice totals based on payment means
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 -- World-wide corporate, govt. & user group XML, XSL and UBL training RSS feeds: publicly-available developer resources and training G. Ken Holman mailto:gkholman@CraneSoftwrights.com Crane Softwrights Ltd. http://www.CraneSoftwrights.com/u/ Box 266, Kars, Ontario CANADA K0A-2E0 +1(613)489-0999 (F:-0995) Male Cancer Awareness Aug'05 http://www.CraneSoftwrights.com/u/bc Legal business disclaimers: http://www.CraneSoftwrights.com/legal
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