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Past Due Invoice Template

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The Best Way to Invoice

Send an invoice your clients will want to pay. Our free downloadable past due invoice template makes it simple to add late fees, payment terms and custom messages to your clients.

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You work hard every day to keep your business running. Whether you create and sell a product or you offer a valuable service to your customers, you deserve to be paid promptly and in full for what you do.

But the reality of business is that customers don’t always pay their bills on time. You’ve got past due invoices piling up, meaning you’re spending hours each month following up with those customers to collect payment.

With a free past due invoice template from FreshBooks, you can cut down your follow-up time and decrease the number of unpaid invoices on your books.

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Chasing late payment probably isn’t your favorite part of running a small business. Luckily, the free past due invoice template can help you collect overdue bills the professional way.

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What Is a Past Due Invoice Used For?

No matter how hard you try, you’ve still got client accounts lingering unpaid. The invoices––and charges––are stacking up, leaving you with hours of extra work and thousands of dollars in unpaid work.

You need a better way to track unpaid accounts, send follow-up invoices and collect payment.

The overdue invoice template from FreshBooks allows you to organize client data, track unpaid invoices, send reminders and collect payment in the method you want. Bill your clients for their balances due in minutes with a clear, professional-looking invoice.

No more keeping file folders stuffed with carbon copies from handwritten invoices, or cluttering up your computer’s desktop with folders of invoices carefully organized. Keep everything in one place so you can get the information you need, when you need it, to send out a new invoice.

Creating a standard, easily repeatable balance due invoice template for your business provides many benefits, including:

  • Staying on top of past-due balances
  • Get paid for overdue invoices in a matter of minutes
  • Organizing client account information
  • Ability to bill your clients quickly and for free
  • PDF and printer-friendly formatting
  • Keeping all information on-hand come tax time

Make following up on those past due bills a breeze with our past due invoice letter template.

How to Create a Past Due Invoice

Sending a professional invoice with everything your customer needs to pay you quickly is easy with the free past due bill template.

Just follow these simple instructions to create invoices that get paid, decreasing your past due accounts.

  1. Download the free “Past Due Invoice Template” from FreshBooks
  2. Add your business branding, including your logo, colors and font
  3. Add your name, your business name (if applicable) and contact details to the top of the invoice
  4. Outline products and services provided plus a description and price for each
  5. Add your client’s name, business and contact details
  6. Add up total of goods and services provided and include in the “Total” section of the invoice
  7. Specify accepted payment methods
  8. Describe privacy policy, refund policy or any other policies in the “Notes” field
  9. Save

Use the blank fields to fill in the exact information your business needs to send a complete invoice, each and every time. No need to reinvent the wheel each time you sit down to do invoices; you’ve got all the basics saved in the template, so adding client details is a snap.

Find out why businesses in the US, the UK and beyond are using past due invoices to help their businesses become more efficient and profitable.

Types of Past Due Invoices

No matter your business type, unpaid bills are sure to plague your accounting. From artists to handymen, auto repair shops to lawyers, everyone suffers from unpaid client invoices.

Thankfully, FreshBooks has created easy-to-use, customizable templates so you can create the past due invoices that your business needs. Some examples of past due invoices include:

  • Deposits
  • Net-30
  • Monthly retainers
  • Hourly work
  • Per-project billing
  • Payment for goods

No matter what type of invoice your business needs, the blank fields allow you to create something that suits your requirements.

Just fill in your information, client information, a listing of all goods and services provided with prices and send the completed invoice in minutes. Send via FreshBooks, email or postal mail using the same template.

Download the free overdue invoice template today to start collecting on all those nagging past-due accounts.

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Getting paid for the goods and services you provide is essential to running your business. If you have a large amount of past-due accounts, your business cannot grow the way you want it to.

Collecting on these unpaid accounts doesn’t have to be so time-consuming. Instead of sorting through your files to find which invoices haven’t been paid, creating brand new past due invoices and sending them out each and every month, having a template you can complete quickly saves you time and money.

Just download the free template, fill it out with all your important details and send it off to your client in minutes. Keeping track of unpaid invoices has never been easier.

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