Phil "Esquire" StewartVerified account

“Add a due date and they’ll have to pay” Omegalul

am I wrong? if in your invoice you put down a 'payment to be transfered by' date, afaik, it has to be done by then as long as it's more than 10 working days and no other agreement is made through a contract.

Just because you put “Net X” in an invoice doesn’t mean they’re going to pay it. My best advice: put net 30 or however many days and then also put in an interest rate that’s legal in your country that begins to accrue after due date.

Whether they're going to pay it on time or not, doesn't my point still stand in the sense that they're supposed to / 'have to'? I'm no lawyer or expert on this, so correct me if I'm wrong. It's just always worked for me to do it that way with 0 complaints.

They’re “supposed” to yes but there’s nothing forcing them to “have” to. If you don’t have an interest rate tacked on they can just sit back for free and let you decide to come after them legally if it’s worth your time and money.

Well, that goes for any pay of any employee / contracter. I mean, as long as it's not a signed contract saying that they have to, and even then, people will still be jerks and be late with payment. But I actually thought there were laws in that regard.

Not in most instances. Which is why you have to be careful and make sure you don't let yourself be treated like a bank by companies.

As mentioned I haven't had any issues regarding payments (knock on wood). So at least for now it's all good. Haha