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Late Payment Fee Calculator

Interest and fees on an overdue invoice, pro-rated for the days it is late. It runs entirely in your browser — nothing you type is uploaded anywhere.

Your figures

Result

Figures update as you type. Amounts are rounded for display; the underlying maths keeps full precision.

How this calculator works

Late payment terms usually combine pieces: an annual interest rate applied pro-rata for the days overdue, sometimes a monthly percentage, sometimes a flat administration fee. Enter whichever pieces your contract or terms specify and the calculator prices each part separately — interest for the exact number of days, the monthly component, the flat fee — then the total fee and the full amount now owed on the invoice.

Showing the parts separately is deliberate. A debtor querying a fee is owed the working, and “terms say 8% per annum” becomes concrete when it is expressed as a daily amount accumulating on their balance. It also keeps you honest: many jurisdictions cap what can be charged, or only enforce rates agreed before the work began, and itemised arithmetic is easier to check against those rules than a single round figure.

Good practice and limits

The fee is the last resort, not the system. Most late payment is cured earlier and cheaper: clear terms on the invoice, a reminder the day before the due date, another the day after, and a named person to contact. If you do charge, charge exactly what your published terms say — no more, no rounding up — because enforceability usually depends on following your own paperwork.

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