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Invoice not paid on time: does it still count as income for the 2023 financial year?

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31/12/2023
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Hello! I sent an invoice in November 2023. However, the customer has not yet paid it and has indicated that they will pay it in early January 2024. Now I am wondering whether this invoice should remain in my sent invoices? Because at the moment, this invoice counts towards my income (and therefore also towards the amount on which I will pay social security contributions). But I will not have the money received on until 2024.

Can I delete the invoice and create it again in 2024?

I would leave the invoice as it is. After all, it concerns a service you provided in 2023. And invoices must always be drawn up before the 15th of the month following the delivery of the services or goods.

The fact that you will only have the money received on later (in 2024) is unfortunate for you, but it does indeed concern your income from 2023.

Perhaps you can solve the problem of late payers through your general terms and Conditions (costs for late payment of invoices) and through repeated reminders (one just before the payment date expires, one just after the payment date).

Thank you for your answer, here I have been very helped!

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