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Payment reminder schedule for net 14 invoices

Net 14 means the invoice is due 14 days after it is issued. Here is when each reminder should go out, counted from the issue date and from the due date.

When	Relative to due	Step
Day 12 after issue	T-2	courtesy	template
Day 15 after issue	T+1	friendly	template
Day 19 after issue	T+5	firm	template
Day 24 after issue	T+10	final	template
Day 35 after issue	T+21	escalate	template

Short terms mean the client agreed to pay quickly; the ladder moves quickly too. Ten days late on a net-7 invoice is already more than double the agreed time.

BadCop configuration

Drop this into badcop.toml. With net_days = 14, invoices without an explicit due date get one automatically.

[terms]
net_days = 14
grace_days = 3
late_fee_pct = 1.5   # your contract's rate, or 0

[[steps]]
offset_days = -2
name = "courtesy"

[[steps]]
offset_days = 1
name = "friendly"

[[steps]]
offset_days = 5
name = "firm"

[[steps]]
offset_days = 10
name = "final"
apply_late_fee = true

[[steps]]
offset_days = 21
name = "escalate"
notify_owner = true

Install BadCop and run badcop run --dry-run to see the schedule applied to your real ledger.