How to add automatic late fees

In this article you will find out how to enable late fee for overdue invoices

Late fee is applied to all overdue invoices. Please keep in mind that if you have an overdue but part-paid invoice, late fee will be applied to the Total Amount.

In order to enable automated late fee you need to go to

Billing > Settings > Late Fees

Then, click 'Yes' and 'Save'

After enabling, you will find settings that can be modified.

Resend invoices after late fee applied

As you can see, you have 2 options for resending invoices after applying late fee.

If you choose 'Yes', an invoice will be sent automatically to a customer.

On that invoice only one more section is added. An example is provided below.

Note: email is resent automatically at night!

Apply late fee after days

You can set when late fee should be charged.

Description for invoice

You can change the Description field if needed. This title will be visible on the invoice.

Apply fix amount

You can set a fixed amount for all late invoices

Apply percentage

You can also apply the percentage fee

Tax rate for late fee

This field is only visible in case if you have taxes enabled. You have to set tax rate for late fee as well.

Note: You can apply everything (fixed amount +percentage + tax rate) at once, or choose and fill in only one of the fields.

Once you are ready with setting up late fee, click 'Save' .