--- title: Apply Incentives and Cost Adders description: Add project adders, apply incentives with tax credit caps, and see how the order they're applied in affects your final system cost --- [Skip to content](https://help.scanifly.com/apply-incentives-and-cost-adders#main-content) English Show submenu for translations ![SCANIFLY-LOGO-Color-2022.jpg\]](https://help.scanifly.com/hs-fs/hubfs/SCANIFLY-LOGO-Color-2022.jpg?height=40&name=SCANIFLY-LOGO-Color-2022.jpg) Open main navigation Close main navigation - English Show submenu for translations Hi, how can we help you? - There are no suggestions because the search field is empty. 1. [Help Center](https://help.scanifly.com/?hsLang=en) 2. [Scanifly Proposal Tool](https://help.scanifly.com/scanifly-proposal-tool?hsLang=en) 3. [Building a Proposal](https://help.scanifly.com/scanifly-proposal-tool?hsLang=en#building-a-proposal) # Apply Incentives and Cost Adders ## Add the costs that belong on this project and apply the incentives that bring the price down. Adders raise the system cost and incentives lower it. Both are set up by your admin, and you choose which ones apply to the proposal you're building. For a full tour of every editor section, see [The Proposal Editor: What Each Section Does](https://help.scanifly.com/the-proposal-editor-what-each-section-does?hsLang=en). If a section described here is missing from your editor, your preset has it turned off. --- ### 1. Set the Installation Type Choose **Roof** or **Ground**. If you select Ground, the proposal loads your admin's configured ground mount defaults - see [Defaults and Assumptions: Utility, Financing, Ground Mount, Environmental](https://help.scanifly.com/defaults-and-assumptions-utility-financing-ground-mount-environmental?hsLang=en) for what your admin has configured. Update any value that doesn't match this project. ![](https://help.scanifly.com/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-Jul-30-2026-06-21-50-9333-PM.png?width=585&height=376&name=image-png-Jul-30-2026-06-21-50-9333-PM.png) *Expected result: the trenching and ground mount cost fields appear in the editor, ready to review or edit.* --- ### 2. Select Your Project Adders **Project Adders** are line items you click to apply. Each is a flat dollar amount, a dollars-per-watt rate, or a percentage, and each adds to the system cost. ![](https://help.scanifly.com/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-Jul-30-2026-06-22-28-7502-PM.png?width=587&height=360&name=image-png-Jul-30-2026-06-22-28-7502-PM.png) *Expected result: each selected adder appears as a line item in the cost summary, and the system cost total increases.* --- ### 3. Add a One-Off Adder or Discount If your preset allows it, use the **One-Off Adder and Discount** field for an adjustment that only applies to this proposal. This free-form field is the right place for something like a one-time discount. ![adding one off adder to proposal](https://help.scanifly.com/hs-fs/hubfs/adding%20one%20off%20adder%20to%20proposal.gif?width=670&height=485&name=adding%20one%20off%20adder%20to%20proposal.gif) *Expected result: the cost summary total updates immediately to reflect the value you entered.* --- ### 4. Select Your Incentives **Incentives** are the reverse of adders. Each is a flat dollar amount, a rate per watt, or a percentage, and each applies as a discount against the system cost. ![](https://help.scanifly.com/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-Jul-30-2026-06-29-30-9904-PM.png?width=587&height=296&name=image-png-Jul-30-2026-06-29-30-9904-PM.png) *Expected result: the selected incentive appears as a discount line item, reducing the system cost total.* **Incentive caps** Some incentives carry a maximum cap. Caps are optional, and your admin adds them per incentive — for example, a state tax credit might be set at 25% capped at $5,000. 🚧 **Order affects capped incentives** 🚧 Incentives apply in the order your admin configured in settings. When a cap is involved, that order changes the result: if Incentive A applies before Incentive B, A's cap is checked against the system cost *before* B is subtracted, so reordering A and B changes what A's cap actually catches. If a capped incentive doesn't land where you expect, check the configured order with your admin. --- For more information, see these related articles: - [Control What Your Team Sees: Section and Line Item Visibility](https://help.scanifly.com/control-what-your-team-sees-section-and-line-item-visibility?hsLang=en) — why a section described here might be missing from your editor. - [Defaults and Assumptions: Utility, Financing, Ground Mount, Environmental](https://help.scanifly.com/defaults-and-assumptions-utility-financing-ground-mount-environmental?hsLang=en) — how your ground mount and other presets are configured. - [Variables: Adders, Incentives, and Import Adders](https://help.scanifly.com/variables-adders-incentives-and-import-adders?hsLang=en) — how your admin sets up adders, incentives, and their caps and order. - [Price a Proposal with Equipment and Adders](https://help.scanifly.com/price-a-proposal-with-equipment-and-adders?hsLang=en) — how these line items stack into the final proposal price. 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