What is Deferred Billing?
A. Qualified customers may be eligible to be set up on a Delayed Billing Payment Program. This program is designed to assist customers whose financial welfare depends solely upon the receipt of monthly income from Social Security, Welfare, Pension, or Child Support Payments. This program allows the account to bill at the regular scheduled time for the month, but sets the payment due date up for the 5th or 10th of the month depending on the billing schedule date of the particular account. To verify which due date your account would qualify for, please contact one of the City Service Customer Service Representatives. To request an application from for Deferred Billing, (Delayed Billing) please click here.
Deferred billing is a strategy sometimes employed by vendors as a means of providing an extra courtesy to a valued customer. Sometimes known as delayed billing, the vendor allows a customer to place an order without the need to pay in advance. The vendor delivers the order and also chooses to delay the request for payment until an agreed upon date in the future. As part of the process for deferred billing, the vendor often offers this extended delay in invoicing for payment to the customer with no accrual of finance or interest charges in the interim. The expectation is that the customer will pay for the items in a timely manner after the vendor issues an invoice for the order. In return for complying with the terms and conditions that govern the deferred billing arrangement, the credit customer can look forward to receiving the same courtesy with future orders. The actual structure of a deferred billing process normally does protect the vendor in the event that the customer fails to l
