Finance Charge
If you're lucky enough to have customers who always pay on time or you run a nonprofit organization that graciously accepts donations, you can bypass this section of preferences. But if you want to add an incentive for customers to pay on time, finance charge preferences determine the penalties you set.
Because you probably don't want each of your employees deciding how to charge customers for late payments, all the preferences in the Finance Charge section appear on the Company Preferences tab. Only someone logged into QuickBooks as an administrator can change these settings. To learn how to add the finance charges configured here to the invoices you create, see page 252.
Tip
If you plan to charge late fees, include the finance charge terms in your contracts. If your customers know about them ahead of time, they are less likely to complain if the added charges aren't a surprise.
Here are the finance charge preferences you can set and what they mean to your customers:
Annual Interest Rate (%). Type the interest rate that you charge per year for overdue payments. For example, if you charge 18 percent per year, type 18 in the Annual Interest Rate box. QuickBooks calculates the finance charge due by prorating the annual interest date to the number of days that the payment is late.
Minimum Finance Charge. If you charge a minimum finance charge no matter how inconsequential the overdue amount, type that minimum value in this box. For example, to charge at least 20 dollars, ...
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