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September 19, 2025
Question

Charging a discount to marketing budget

  • September 19, 2025
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Hi, my nonprofit offers astronomy courses, between 6 and 12 per year.  We sometimes (but not always) offer a discount off the price for a course for someone who has never taken a course with us before.  So for example, if a course is priced at $600 and we give a $100 "1st timer" discount, we will have a mix of students who paid either $500 or $600 as the case may be.  I understand how to set up and use discounts on sales receipts in QB Advanced.  But the issue is:  we consider this discount a form of marketing for our courses in general, and I would therefore like to charge it to our marketing budget.  Is this possible in QB without double-counting it or do I have to do it outside of QB on a spreadsheet?

 

Thanks for any suggestions!

1 reply

Level 8
September 19, 2025

Good morning, @Nonprofit Treasurer 22

 

Welcome to the Community! 

 

I can see how this could be beneficial for you and your business. However, charging the discount to the market budget is unavailable in QBO. We recommend submitting feedback so that our Product Developers can add this in the near future. Here's how: 

 

  1. Go to the Gear icon in the top right-hand corner. 
  2. Press the Feedback option. 
  3. Enter your suggestions. 
  4. Tap Next to submit them. 

 

Feel free to reach back out if you have any other questions or concerns. We're always here to help!