What Brightflag Does

If Volume Trade Discounts (VTDs) are enabled:

• Brightflag checks that the vendor applied the correct discount.

• Brightflag does not apply the discount.

• If the discount is missing or incorrect, a Volume Trade Discount flag appears on the invoice.

VTDs apply to fees only, not expenses.

What Happens If an Invoice Is Adjusted?

If an invoice is reduced after submission (for example, through flags or manual adjustments), the original discount may no longer be correct.

To prevent over- or under-discounting, Brightflag can automatically recalculate the discount based on the updated fee amount.

Contact your CSM to enable this feature. 

How Recalculation Works (Simple Explanation)

The discount is always calculated on:

Fees after adjustments

If the fees go down, the discount amount also goes down.

Simple Formula

Recalculated VTD =
(Total Fees − Adjustments) × VTD %

Example 

• Original fees: $1,000

• VTD: 10%

• Line item reduced by $100

New fee amount: $900

Recalculated discount:
10% of $900 = $90