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Deal Desk Discount & Margin Impact Calculator

Reps ask for discounts in percentage points. Finance thinks in margin pounds. This tool translates one into the other instantly, so a proposed discount arrives at deal desk with the real margin and commission impact attached — plus the approval tier it should route to.

Your numbers

Annual value at list price, before any discount
Length of this deal — sizes total contract value
Discount off list price the rep wants to offer
Your typical margin at list price, before discount
Rep's commission as % of total contract value booked
Your policy floor — flags deals that fall below it

Method & assumptions

  • Cost is treated as fixed in £ terms (derived from your standard margin % at list price) — discounting the price doesn't reduce delivery cost, so every £ of discount comes straight off gross margin.
  • Commission is modelled on booked revenue (TCV = list price × term ÷ 12, less the discount) — swap in your own comp-plan basis if commission is instead paid on margin £.
  • Approval tiers (10% / 20% / 30% discount bands) are a common deal-desk default — replace with your own policy thresholds if they differ.
  • This is a planning estimate, not a system of record — reconcile against actual COGS and your comp plan before final sign-off.

How to use it

Enter the deal's list price and term, the discount being proposed, your standard gross margin at list price, the rep's commission rate, and your internal margin floor. The tool instantly shows the resulting margin %, the £ of margin the discount removes, the adjusted commission, and which approval tier the deal should route to — attach the breakdown to the approval request instead of just stating the discount %.

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