---
title: "Credit days"
description: "Credit days meaning: how long a customer has to pay, counted from a set date. Learn the invoice, delivery and statement-date bases, with a worked example."
url: https://1flux.ai/glossary/credit-days
last_updated: 2026-10-10
---

[Sales and CRM](https://1flux.ai/glossary#sales-and-crm)

# Credit days

Credit days meaning: how long a customer has to pay, and why the starting date matters as much as the number.

Glossary Updated 10 October 2026

Definition

Credit days are the number of days a customer is allowed to pay after a set starting point, such as the invoice date.

## Credit days meaning: a worked example

“30 days credit” is shorthand, but the starting point matters as much as the number. Common bases are the invoice date, the delivery date, or the end of the month in which the invoice falls (the statement date), which can add up to a month.

60 credit days from the statement date

Example

- Invoice date

  5 March

- Invoice amount

  EUR 24,000

- Statement date (month end)

  31 March

- Plus 60 credit days

  30 May

Payment due

30 May

On an invoice-date basis, the same invoice would fall due on 4 May.

Credit days are often confused with the [credit limit](https://1flux.ai/glossary/credit-limit), which caps how much a customer can owe, not how long they can take to pay.

In 1flux

Each customer has credit days (0–365) with a basis of invoice, delivery or statement date, which flow into quotations, sales orders and invoice due dates. A maximum per customer is enforced on sales orders, with an override permission. [See receivables and receipts](https://1flux.ai/products/accounting/receivables)

Related

## Keep exploring

### [Credit limit](https://1flux.ai/glossary/credit-limit)

The most a customer may owe you at one time.

### [Accounts receivable aging](https://1flux.ai/glossary/accounts-receivable-aging)

Unpaid customer invoices grouped by days past due.

### [Tax invoice](https://1flux.ai/glossary/tax-invoice)

The invoice a VAT-registered supplier issues for a taxable sale.

### [Receivables and receipts](https://1flux.ai/products/accounting/receivables)

Apply payments across invoices, age every balance and prove the total against the ledger.

Last updated 10 October 2026