Payment Terms

Payment Code

The code for the payment term that will be selected in customer and vendor cardfiles.

Payment Description

Description of the payment terms. This will be displayed on reports.

Payment is Due

There are six possible choices for this field. Choose from the drop down list:

▪C.O.D. – payment of the invoice is due on delivery

▪Prepaid. –  payment is made at the time of completion of the invoice, not necessarily on delivery of goods

▪In a given # of Days –  payment due date and discount date are based on a number of days after the invoice date, ie. 30 days

▪On a Day of the Month –  payment due date and discount date are based on a particular day of the month, and the date must be specified

▪# of days after EOM –  payment due date and discount date are based on a number of days after the end of the month

▪Day of Month after EOM –  payment due date and discount date are based on a specific date in the month after which the invoice was recorded.

Discount Date/Discount Days

This choice depends on the Payment is Due choice above. Discount Date is the date up to which the discount will be provided, if paid on or before that date. Discount Days is the number of days after the invoice date that a discount will be provided, if paid on or before the appropriate date.

Balance Due Days

The number of days from the date of the invoice that payment becomes due.

Discount For Early Payment %

The discount (%) applied if payment is made within the discount settings above for this payment term.

Account Fee %

The percentage of the amount owed to be charged if a payment is not received by the due date. See below.

Show for Customers/Vendors

Tick to display the payment terms in the drop down list of a customer/vendor cardfile list.