Rebate management for ERPNext

Pricing rules — not a governed rebate engine

ERPNext covers pricing rules and discounts and can model a basic rebate via custom doctypes or server scripts. It doesn't ship a dedicated trade-rebate engine with ASC 606/705-20 governance — which is exactly where B2B programs get hard:

• 01Retroactive volume tiers. When crossing a threshold reprices the whole period back to dollar one, a flat accrual line under-reserves until the catch-up lands in one quarter.
• 02ASC 606 estimates and true-ups. Variable consideration has to be estimated, constrained, and re-based every period — not booked at the rate earned so far, and not trued up once at year-end.
• 03Vendor rebates under ASC 705-20. A purchase rebate follows the goods — inventory while they sit, COGS as they sell — rather than a single up-front credit to COGS.
• 04Claim-to-settlement reconciliation. Matching what you claimed to what actually settled, by program and period, is where short-pay quietly hides.
• 05The ten-minute rebuild. Reconstructing a posted accrual to its source rows on demand is the audit test — and the first thing a bolt-on or spreadsheet loses.

Keep the lean stack. Add the rebate proof layer.

By design, Aurgus works alongside ERPNext and reads from its exports — agreements, qualifying sales, claims, settlements — governs the rebate and incentive estimate outside it under ASC 606 and ASC 705-20, surfaces exceptions for approval, and writes nothing back to the ERPNext general ledger. No custom doctypes to maintain for the accounting; every accrual traces to source. Because it reads rather than lives inside, it spans a mixed-ERP group or a migration in progress.

ERPNext is a trademark of Frappe Technologies Pvt. Ltd. Aurgus is an independent product that works alongside ERPNext; no partnership or certification is claimed.