NOn payment of Invoice

[bucklander]

I recently submitted a invoice for work carried out by myself in June of this year to an agency whom sub contracted the work on behalf of a client.I submitted my invoice as per procedures in July and has i had not been paid i contacted the agency a few weeks back and i have been informed that the agency did not receive my invoice as i posted this to the wrong e mail address.It was atypo on my behalf and the e mail did not bounce back so i assumed they had received it.They are now saying because the company that i worked for frown upon contact after almost 3 months that they are unable to process my claim.I have contacted the person whom i worked for and he has since left this company but he has assured me that he had signed off my timesheets and daily reports to prove that i carried out this work.The amount owed to me is for £670 .Any advice would be grateful.

[GRDCredit]

Quite simply the agency are taking the proverbial.

Even if you forgot to invoice for 12 months the debt is still payable so treat this as a normal commercial debt. Phone them first thing tomorrow and ask for a payment date and if they still stand by their refusal to pay then either go down the MCOL route (or get a professional to take it on for you! ;))

[bucklander]

Thanks and will do..:)

[Steve Thornbury]

How did you get on?

[Tax Specialist]

Hi,

I agree you should persue this. If all knowledge of the invoice is still denied send them a hard copy by recorded delivery, with a note that
you will issue a Summons for collection if still unpaid after 21 days. It
works for me !

(By the way, you can issue a summons on-line yourself very easily these days).

Best wishes,

Tax Specialist

[bucklander]

Hi

The agency are still refusing to pay me.What they have stated is that they will contact the company whom they sub contracted the work from and if they dont pay them then they cannot pay me.I contacted the agency earlier this week and they have stated that they are waiting to hear from TOTAL(the company) to see if they will pay this invoice .

[Steve Thornbury]

What are you going to do?

[elainec100@cheapaccounting]

Your contract is with the agency. They should pay you end of unless the contract says that you have to invoice within a set date

[E Storey]

I was going to agree with Elaine but I think it depends

1) If you are an employee or a limited company
2) If your contract with them stated they could withold payment in this event.

[elainec100@cheapaccounting]

If he is submitting an invoice he won't be an employee of the agency

[bucklander]

Hi and thanks to all for your replies.My contract states invoices will be paid 30 days after submitting invoices.This is what i did but unfortunately i sent it to the incorrect address by
(e mail) but it never bounced back.I then waited 4 weeks which is the norm with this agency for my payment and thats when the alarm bells rang.After initial contact the agency declared that 3 months had passed therefore they were unable to submit the invoice.This was just a administration error on my behalf so why shouled i be liable.Also for the record i am limited company.Do i start legal proceedings and if so how do i go on etc?

[Steve Thornbury]

Wht start potentially costly legal proceedings? Give it to me!

[bucklander]

If i dont hear from them i will be in touch.

[Steve Thornbury]

Cool Thanks
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