Issue-framing on very short invoice payment cycles

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The headline appears to suggest a very short gap between billing and payment, but that alone does not show whether the underlying friction is legal, operational or simply commercial. A useful angle may be to compare two hypotheticals: a repeat institutional client with agreed billing workflows, versus a one-off matter where time entries, narrative detail and internal sign-off all arrive late. In the first, fast payment might turn mainly on process discipline; in the second, the same timetable could be unrealistic even if nobody disputes the work done. That distinction matters because discussions about “late payment” can otherwise blur together disputed scope, missing billing data and ordinary cash-flow pressure. For those who deal with this in practice, which single stage most often slows payment after an invoice is issued: narrative detail, client approval chains, purchase-order requirements or something else?

Source: New Law Journal
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