Day 0What the claim rests on
The invoice and the basis of the claim
A claim is only as strong as the documentation behind it. The concepts that govern when a payment falls due, and what you must produce if it is disputed.
The process
The whole dictionaryWhere in the process
6 steps from the invoice to the bailiff’s court. The highlighted one is where you are.
- Day 0The invoice and the basis of the claimYou are here
- Days 1–30The reminder process3 concepts
- Along the wayAgreements along the way6 concepts
- Day 40+The legal track15 concepts
- After judgmentThe bailiff’s court16 concepts
- Last resortInsolvency and bankruptcy20 concepts
The concepts
8 conceptsThe concepts in this theme
Each entry is one page: the definition, the rate and the rule behind it.
- Contractual basis (aftalegrundlag)The contractual basis is what shows that an agreement existed at all — and on what terms it was entered into.That the agreement existedshows
- Due date (forfaldsdato)The due date is the day by which payment must have been received at the latest — and the day from which interest and reminders can start to run.Default interest runsfrom this day
- Invoice (faktura)The invoice is the document that makes the claim concrete — and the evidence the whole collection process later rests on.Amount, date, partiesmust state
- Invoice date (fakturadato)The invoice date is the day the invoice was issued — and it is not the day from which interest, reminders or limitation are counted.The day of issueis
- Invoice documentation (fakturagrundlag)The invoice documentation is what shows that the invoiced work was actually delivered — the order, the delivery note, the timesheet.That delivery took placeshows
- Order confirmation (ordrebekræftelse)An order confirmation is the seller's written confirmation of what was ordered — and often the only place the terms appear before delivery.Before deliverysent
- Payment terms (betalingsbetingelser)Your payment terms are the conditions you sell on — including how much credit the customer gets, and what late payment costs.Net 30typical b2b
- Time of delivery (leveringstidspunkt)The time of delivery is the day the goods or services were delivered — and it is the starting point for both the complaint period and when the claim falls due.When you may invoiceestablishes
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Where the case goes next
The steps around this one — and the themes that apply wherever the case stands.