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I have a sales invoice with a item on the line, with quantity of 1, no unit amount entered. Therefore, a zero dollar line item. The item contains a deferral template added, which flowed through correctly to the line. However, when trying to post, I get an error of not being able to do so because of the deferral. I do not want to enter a dollar value, or remove the deferral template assigned on the item, or to delete the line item either. Is there a toggle somewhere to allow posting zero dollar line amounts with deferral templates, or any other way to allow to be able to post?

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CA Vijay Krishna 178 on at

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Cannot post $0 line item with deferral template added

Hi @CU13010319-0

Unfortunately, there is no standard toggle or setup in Business Central to allow posting zero-dollar deferral lines.
This restriction is by design — the system blocks zero-amount postings if a deferral code exists, to prevent creating invalid deferral schedules.

Work Around: Temporarily Remove the Deferral Template at Line Level

Even though you don’t want to delete or remove it globally, you can:

1. On the sales line, manually clear the “Deferral Code” field.

2. Post the invoice (it will skip the deferral logic).

3. Keep the template assigned to the item card, so future non-zero transactions will still inherit it.

This does not impact the master data or other transactions.

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YUN ZHU 94,054 Super User 2025 Season 2 on at

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Cannot post $0 line item with deferral template added

Hi, This is a standard control and since the Total Amount to Defer is 0, no posting is possible. Once you delete the Deferral Code, you can post.

Therefore, it is recommended that you use the following method, or Copy Document to manually create multiple invoices and then post them.

Dynamics 365 Business Central: How to create recurring orders (Recurring Sales Lines and Recurring Purchase Lines)

https://yzhums.com/6241/

Hope this helps.

Thanks.

ZHU

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Umang Kapoor 25 on at

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Hi

There is no toggle or setting in standard Business Central that allows posting zero-dollar lines with deferral templates applied.
When a deferral template exists, BC expects a non-zero amount, a zero-dollar line means there’s no amount to defer.

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Umang Kapoor

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Pallavi Phade 2,695 on at

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Cannot post $0 line item with deferral template added

Namaste @CU13010319-0

Since unit amount is Zero , Deferral code is enabled , Deferral Template will be calculated it will result into error . To avoid this you have to do small customization on unit amount - validate Trigger at Page level . SO that this will be only in Sales Invoice screen . It has no other impact .

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Rishabh Kanaskar 5,488 on at

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Cannot post $0 line item with deferral template added

Hi,

Business Central does not allow posting a line with a deferral template if the amount is zero because the deferral logic requires an amount to create schedule entries. There is no standard toggle to override this.
Options:

> Remove the deferral template from the zero-amount line.
> If you must keep the line, enter a minimal amount (e.g., $0.01) and adjust later (credit memo/general journal).
> Customize the posting routine to skip deferral validation for zero-amount lines (requires AL development).

By default, posting zero-dollar lines with deferrals is not supported.

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Rishabh

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Sumit Singh 8,995 on at

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Hi,

Business Central does not allow posting a sales invoice line with a deferral template if the line amount is zero. This is because the deferral logic requires an amount to calculate and distribute across periods. There is no system toggle or setting to override this behavior.

Options available:

Remove the deferral template from the zero-amount line

Split the scenario – Keep the zero-dollar item on the invoice and handle the deferral separately via a general journal or another document.

Unfortunately, Business Central does not currently support posting zero-dollar lines with deferral templates, and this limitation is not configurable.
For official guidance on deferrals, see:

Defer revenues and expenses in Business Central [1]

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RockwithNav 8,419 Super User 2025 Season 2 on at

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Cannot post $0 line item with deferral template added

Just try with 0.00001.

There should not be any impact on the Amount value.

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Valentin Castravet 30,564 Super User 2025 Season 2 on at

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Cannot post $0 line item with deferral template added

Your only options are to enter a dollar value or remove the deferral template from that sales order line. Since you don’t want to do either, the only remaining option is to have a developer customize the system to skip deferral templates for sales lines with a zero-dollar value. There’s no out-of-the-box toggle for this.

Valentin Castravet
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Blog: Dynamics 365 Business Central Insights
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/valentin-c-0500a247/

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