diff --git a/core/insurance.xml b/core/insurance.xml index c5203dd4..64f93dc9 100644 --- a/core/insurance.xml +++ b/core/insurance.xml @@ -288,4 +288,136 @@ + + + The \ref{_credit_} and \ref{_debit_} templates define factors that are + intended to introduce, respectively, credits and surcharges. + Each name defined using these templates must be prefixed with ``credit'' + and ``debit'' respectively. + Credits must never exceed a value of~$1$, + as they would then be treated as if they were surcharges. + Similarly, debits must never have a value less than~$1$. + Both must have values greater than~$0$. + + If a value can be either a credit or a debit, + it is sometimes called an ``adjustment''. + In reality it is just another factor, + so just use \ref{_factor_} in such a~case. + + + + +