Withholding a payment question

cassa333 | 14:53 Tue 26th May 2009 | Business

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Hi,
Does anyone know if you can (legaly) withhold paying all subsequent monthly invoices because you are in dispute over just one or two months worth of invoices?

Someone who I know has a dispute over Jan, Feb invoices so they are not paying any at the moment. The service they get is from a large laundry firm and I think all the while the carry on delivering the one paying the bill isn't paying any.

I say they should pay all those that are right otherwise they are either going to have to pay the whole lot in one go at some point or the service will stop and they will be bug@ered.

Are we able to reclaim vat?

renting out a house

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grasscarp

It will depend on the terms and conditions of the company about payment of bills. This is usually found on the invoice, and will have been agreed when the service started.

antlad

The supplier could suspend services on the basis that non-disputed invoices were not being paid. I agree that they should adhere to credit terms on non-disputed invoices.

Squitty

Are you sure the company isnt in trouble? This is one of the signs I would watch for. Have they exceeded any credit limits?

cassa333

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No. As far as I am aware they are not in trouble. Just being @rsy about the disputed invoices.

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