Set customer and supplier payments to be due immediately
Description
Set how many days customers and suppliers have to pay. In v28.0 and below, a Payment Due value of 0 defaults to 30 days.

In Sage 50 Accounts v28.1 and above, you can set invoices to be due immediately or after 30 days when Payment Due is 0.

NOTE:

Changing these settings won't apply to transactions already created. To change the due date on an existing transaction, you must Correct the transaction.

 

Cause
Resolution
  1. In Sage 50 Accounts, select Settings.
  2. Choose Customer Defaults or Supplier Defaults as required.
  3. Choose the Ageing/Due date tab.



  4. Apply the setting you prefer:

    When due days is zero, payment is to be due immediately.

    To apply this setting, select the Payment due immediately when payment due days is set to zero checkbox.

    Where payment due days is set to zero, an invoice dated 01/05/2022 is also due on 01/05/2022.
    When due days is zero, payment is to be due in 30 days.  To apply this setting, clear the Payment due immediately when payment due days is set to zero checkbox.

     

     

    Where payment due days is set to zero, an invoice dated 01/05/2022 is due on 31/05/2022.

  5. Press OK.

If you haven't already set Payment Due values,

  1. In Sage 50 Accounts, select Customers or Suppliers as required.
  2. Double-click the record you want to amend.
  3. Select the Credit Control tab, then in Payment Due enter 0.
  4. In the Payment Due From dropdown, choose days after the invoice date.

    TIP:

    For information about other Payment Due From options, refer to this guide.



  5. To save the record, press Save.



 

 

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