LAWS against late payment are working as a deterrent and the Better Payment Practice Group says that is how the law was intended to be used.
The group recommends businesses include on payment communications the words: "We understand and will exercise our statutory right to interest and compensation for debt recovery costs under the late payment legislation if we are not paid according to agreed credit terms."
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