What is a retroactive price adjustment (RPA)?
A retroactive price adjustment recovers a price change on business that's already been invoiced. Here's what an RPA is and how ClaimDS settles it against the original invoice.
A retroactive price adjustment (RPA) is a claim that adjusts the price on business that has already been invoiced — for example a post-sale price reduction agreed with a partner. The sale happened at one price; the RPA recovers the difference back to the agreed price.
What it means
Prices in a channel aren't always final at the moment of invoice. A price-protection arrangement, a renegotiation, or an agreed post-sale discount can change what should have been charged. An RPA is how that change is reflected after the fact, against the invoice that was originally raised.
How ClaimDS handles it
An RPA is one of the claim types in ClaimDS, on both the sales and purchase sides. Because it adjusts an existing invoice, ClaimDS settles it against that original invoice — keeping the tax treatment tied to the document it's adjusting, so the credit note and the return stay consistent.
How it differs from other claims
An RPA is specifically a price change on invoiced business. That's different from a special-pricing claim (ship-and-debit, where you sold at an agreed price and recover the gap) and from stock protection (which protects inventory you still hold). Choosing the right type is what makes the claim settle on the right basis.
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