Parent Company Discounts

[protosound]

I have a parent company with about 70 subsidiaries. I ship to, and invoice, the subs, but send statements to the parent. The subs pay the parent in full. When I receive and enter payments from the parent, they short me 4% of the total they received from their subs as their 'commission'. Is there a way to show this 4% in QB where full payment is still being made against the invoice totals? I need to invoice the subs for the full amount of sales, but the 4% must show on the parent statements. I know I can create an income account for 'Less Discounts Given', but it can only show on the parent statement. When I go to create the statement, I cant modify it to show the 4% - it just builds off the subaccount invoices already sent. Could this be helped by setting up the Customer or the Account in a different way?

[Joe Williams]

No, QB cannot do what you request. The best way to handle it is to enter the invoices as jobs for the parent company and then use Receive Payment for the parent customer.
Enter the amount that they are sending you and then use the Set Discount and 'Discount' the amount they withhold using an EXPENSE ACCOUNT named "Commission withheld".