If a vendor has a credit memo which outsizes invoices which are due, Business Central presumes that no invoices should be paid. This functionality means that one must simply wait for enough invoices to accrue that overcome the amount of any credit memos on the account. At this point, a payment is suggested when using the Suggest Vendor Payments function in the Payment Journal.

This can break down, however, when vendors provide discounted terms. What mechanisms are in place to both preserve discounts, and acknowledge credit memos that are owed? /e think there are none.

One option could be that upon running the "Suggest Vendor Payments" routine, there be an option for something like "apply discounts to open credit memos which are preventing vendor payment" would be very nice. When natural invoices finally results in a payment, both the check stub and remittance advice will have to document / explain why discounts are being take for checks issued many days after the "payment discount date."