Past Due, First Notice
Dear
______________:
The
enclosed invoice (s) is (are) past due, for a total sum of $
_______________. We would appreciate
your prompt payment so we can keep growing our businesses together.
Yours
very truly,
____________
Employee
Authorized
PS. If your payment is in the mail, many thanks
for keeping current.
Past Due, First Notice
Review List
This
review list is provided to inform you about the document in question and assist
you in its preparation.
1. This is a tactical letter to alert the
customer you are aware his or her account has become past due. Since some businesses do not pay on a
routine basis until this kind of letter is received, you should always get this
letter out promptly to new accounts.
Once you are in business with an account for some period of time, you
can establish the approaches that best bring in payments (e.g., calls, faxes,
emails, letters, or some combination of these approaches).
2. You should avoid threats of all kinds in the
first notice of collection. However,
having said that, you must remain vigilant that your Accounts Receivable does
not become too old. Experienced Credit
Managers know that A/R over 90 days past due are only collected in a small
percentage of cases. Therefore, the
issue is not just the date of payment but also to assure any payment at all.
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