As a law firm that does a lot of legal work for business owners of various sizes, we end up handling collection matters in which the business renders services to a customer and for which the latter does not pay. The business owner/client comes to our office to seek legal advice on how to collect that account receivable. The very first line of analysis is to obtain a copy of the agreement between the parties (hopefully, there is a written document, as opposed to a verbal agreement, and the parties have fully-executed same!). Once we obtain the agreement between the parties, the first thing we look for is the payment term…is payment due within a specific time period after the services are rendered/product delivered (i.e. 15 days for example)? If not, then the business owner is in a weak position to pursue collection. Make sure that the payment deadline date is clearly indicated in the agreement.
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