To apply finance charges to your customers, you must first activate and set up finance charges in Default Information.
Enter the following information:
On invoices ... days overdue: Enter the number of days overdue the invoice needs to be before you charge finance charges. This allows a grace period for your customers. This also depends on the method you use to age invoices: by invoice date or due date.
Up to ...: Enter the amount that represents the cutoff point between different annual interest rates.
Annual interest rate ...%: Enter the annual interest rate for balances that are up to the amount you entered in the previous field.
On balances above that ...%: Enter the annual interest rate for balances higher than that entered in the Up to field.
Minimum finance charge: Enter the minimum late charge you'll allow customers. If the calculated amount is less than the minimum, the program increases the amount to the minimum.
Tip: If finance charges are activated in Customer Defaults, every customer using standard payment terms is considered for finance charges. If there is a particular customer that you do not want to charge late fees, follow the steps below.