‘30 days to pay’ policy

Best practice invoicing procedure flow-chartFor payments made other than by PCard

Small business registers as a small business

with the government agency

Small business provides quote for the

goods/services

Contract/terms of trade agreed to in writing

Purchase order provided by government agency

Services provided by small business Goods supplied by small business

Time sheet or other documents

describing services provided by small

business or milestone achieved and

approved by government agency

On delivery, goods receipt

provided by small business to

government agency for sign off

Correctly rendered, best practice invoice provided to government

agency’s centralised accounts processing centre

(or other address speci!ed in purchase order or written contract)

Invoice paid within 30 calendar days of receipt

(or other agreed time period)