Payment Period Based On Invoice Date

This report measures how long customers really take to pay, or how long you take to pay suppliers. For each paid invoice it shows the invoice date, the payment date and the days between them, taken from the Payment Entry or Journal Entry that settled it. The average is the true credit period of the business, which is often very different from the 30 days printed on the invoice; knowing it lets a Nepali owner set realistic Payment Terms, decide who deserves credit and forecast cash. Unpaid invoices do not appear, so the report understates the problem if several customers never pay. The demo shows the gap between the ACC-SINV-2026-00004 invoice date and Jivan Dahal's receipt on 2026-08-31.

Days to pay = Payment posting date - Invoice posting date, one row per paid invoice; average over the period

1. 01Go to Financial Reports > Payment Period Based On Invoice Date.
2. 02Set Company, From Date and To Date, and Payment Type Incoming (customers) or Outgoing (suppliers).
3. 03Optionally set Party Type and Party to look at one customer.
4. 04Read Invoice, Posting Date, Payment Date and the Days column for each row.
5. 05Sort by Days to find the slowest payers and compare with the Accounts Receivable ageing.
6. 06Adjust Payment Terms on the Customer record or ask for advances from habitual late payers.

Open to learn how long customers really take to pay and set credit terms accordingly.

Shows the days between the ACC-SINV-2026-00004 invoice date and Jivan Dahal's payment on 2026-08-31.