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Late-Payment Cost Calculator

Show what delayed customer payment actually costs the business.

What you get: Funding cost, chasing cost, cost per invoice and annual cost.

Your figures

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Days beyond agreed terms38
52 days taken − 14 days agreed.
Cost of funding the gap£39.98
£3,200.00 × 12.0% × 38/365. This is what carrying the customer costs you.
Your chasing time£95.00
2.5 hrs × £38.00 — time not spent earning.
Total cost of this late invoice£134.98
Funding cost plus chasing time.
Annual cost at this rate£1,079.82
× 8 late invoices a year. This is usually more than the discount you agonise over at quote stage.
Illustrative statutory interest£39.98
Example only, using 12% as base rate plus 8%. Statutory interest applies to commercial debts, not consumer ones.

Businesses can normally claim statutory interest and a fixed compensation sum on late commercial invoices. The illustration below uses a 12% combined rate as an example only — check the current Bank of England base rate plus 8% before charging it.

How this is worked out

Funding cost uses the borrowing rate you enter, pro-rated for the days late.
Statutory interest is illustrated at 12% (base rate plus 8%) and applies to commercial debts only. Check the current base rate before charging it.

Results are planning aids based on figures you enter. They are not financial, tax or legal advice, and no price is guaranteed to be accepted.

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Paperwork that goes with it

A written sequence so chasing runs on a timetable instead of on how annoyed you feel. Five stages, from a polite nudge to a final notice.

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