Reported Data in the Payment Times Report 2025

The Payment Times Report 2025 shows the following information:

Trade Credit Payments Dataset

Column Heading

Column Name

Column Values

Transaction Information

Payer Entity Name

This column displays the legal name of the payer.

Payer Entity ABN

Displays the following field values from subsidiary record or Company Information page:

  • For Suite Tax - Tax Registration Number

  • For Legacy Tax - ABN

Payer Entity ACN/ARBN

Displays the ACN value or the ARBN value from the subsidiary record or Company Information page.

Payee Name

Displays the Payee Name field value from the vendor record.

Payee Entity ABN

Displays the following field values from the vendor record:

  • For Suite Tax - Default Tax Registration No.

  • For Legacy Tax - ABN

Payee Entity ACN/ARBN

Displays the ACN value or the ARBN value from the vendor record.

Payment Amount

Displays the Amount field value from the bill payment transaction record.

Currency

Displays the Currency value of the payment amount.

Description

Displays the Memo field value from the bill record.

Supply Date of Goods/Services

Displays the Supply Date field value from the bill record.

The Supply Date field on the bill is automatically generated from the date of item receipt (if available).

If multiple item receipts are available on a single bill then the latest date is considered.

Payment Date

Displays the Date field value from the bill record.

Contract/Purchase Order Details

Contract/PO Reference Number

Displays the PO# field value from purchase order record.

Contract/PO Payment Terms

Displays the Terms field value from the purchase order record.

Invoices

Invoice Reference Number

Displays the Transaction Number field value from the bill record.

Invoice Issue Date

Displays the Date field value from the bill record.

Invoice Payment Terms

Displays the Terms field value from the bill record.

Invoice Due Date (if available on the invoice)

Displays the Due Date field value from the bill record.

TCP Data - Specific Fields

Trade Credit Payment

Displays the default value Yes.

PEPPOL eInvoice Enabled

The field value displays:

  • Yes - If the PEPPOL eInvoice Enabled box is checked on the bill record.

  • No - If the PEPPOL eInvoice Enabled box is cleared on the bill record.

RCTI

The field value displays:

  • Yes - If the RCTI box is checked on the bill record.

  • No - If the RCTI box is cleared on the bill record.

Credit Card Payment

The field value displays:

  • Yes - If the Credit Card Payment box is checked on the bill record.

  • No - If the Credit Card Payment box is cleared on the bill record.

Credit Card No.

(If applicable)

The column value is blank by default.

Partial Payment

The field values are:

  • Yes - If payment is not completed and only partial bill is paid.

  • No - If the payment is fully paid.

Contractual agreements having payments in installments are not included.

Payment Term (In calendar days)

Displays the value in days based on Term field value on the purchase order.

If the PO terms are not available, use the invoice terms (invoice due date or invoice issue date) for the calculation.

Use 0, if the payment term is the same day or before delivery, or if no payment terms or invoice due date are defined.

If the terms are day driven terms, then use invoice terms (invoice due date or invoice issue date) for calculation.

Excluded Trade credit payment

The value is retrieved from the transaction record and the default value is No.

Small Business Trade Credit Payments Dataset

Column Heading

Column Name

Column Values

Transaction Information

Payer Entity Name

This column displays the legal name of the payer.

Payer Entity ABN

Displays the following field values from the subsidiary record or Company Information page:

  • For Suite Tax - Tax Registration

  • For Legacy Tax - ABN

Payer Entity ACN/ARBN

Displays the ACN value or the ARBN value from the subsidiary record or Company Information page.

Payee Name

Displays the Payee Name field value from the vendor record.

Payee Entity ABN

Displays the following field values from the vendor record:

  • For Suite Tax - Default Tax Registration No.

  • For Legacy Tax - ABN

Payee Entity ACN/ARBN

Displays the ACN value or the ARBN value from the vendor record.

Payment Amount

Displays the Amount field value from the bill payment transaction record.

Currency

Displays the Currency value of the payment amount from the bill record.

Description

Displays the Memo field value from the bill record.

Supply Date of Goods/Services

Displays the Supply Date field value from the bill record.

The Supply Date field on the bill is automatically generated from the date of item receipt (if available).

If multiple item receipts are available on a single bill then the latest date is considered.

Payment Date

Displays the Date field value from the bill record.

Contract/Purchase Order Details

Contract/PO Reference Number

Displays the PO# field value from the purchase order record.

Contract/PO Payment Terms

Displays the Terms field value from the purchase order record.

Invoices

Invoice Reference Number

Displays the Transaction Number field value from the bill record.

Invoice Issue Date

Displays the Date field value from the bill record.

Invoice Payment Terms

Displays the Terms field value from the bill record.

Invoice Due Date (if available on the invoice)

Displays the Due Date field value from the bill record.

TCP Data - Specific Fields

Trade Credit Payment

Displays the default value Yes.

PEPPOL eInvoice Enabled

The field value displays:

  • Yes - If the PEPPOL eInvoice Enabled box is checked on the bill record.

  • No - If the PEPPOL eInvoice Enabled box is cleared on the bill record.

RCTI

The field value displays:

  • Yes - If the RCTI box is checked on the bill record.

  • No - If the RCTI box is cleared on the bill record.

Credit Card Payment

The field value displays:

  • Yes - If the Credit Card Payment box is checked on the bill record.

  • No - If the Credit Card Payment box is cleared on the bill record.

Credit Card No.

(If applicable)

The column value is blank by default.

Partial Payment

The field values are:

  • Yes - If payment is not completed and only partial bill is paid.

  • No - If the payment is fully paid.

Contractual agreements having payments in installments are not included.

Payment Term (In calendar days)

Displays the value in days based on Term field value on the purchase order.

If the PO terms are not available, use the invoice terms (invoice due date or invoice issue date) for the calculation.

Use 0, if the payment term is the same day or before delivery, or if no payment terms or invoice due date are defined.

If the terms are day driven terms, then use invoice terms (invoice due date or invoice issue date) for calculation.

Excluded Trade credit payment

The value is retrieved from the transaction record and the default value is No.

Small Business Payee

The field value displays:

  • Yes - If the Small Business box is checked on the bill record.

  • No - If the Small Business box is clear on the bill record.

Payment Times

Payment Times value is the difference between the Date of Bill Payments field value and one of the following values.

  • If more than one of the following values are available then use the values in the following priority order:

    1. Date Received

    2. Date

    3. Supply Date

  • If the calculated value is zero or less than zero days in any scenario, then use zero as the final payment time value.

PTR Summary Report

The generated PTR 2025 summary report contains the following field groups:

Entity Details

Field Name

Description

I confirm the information in the entity information form is still true and correct

Check this box to confirm the information provided in the entity box is accurate.

Entity Name

Legal name of the entity.

Entity ABN

Displays the following field values from the subsidiary record or Company Information page:

  • SuiteTax - Tax Registration

  • Legacy Tax - ABN

Entity ACN

Displays the ACN field value from the subsidiary record or Company Information page.

Entity ARBN

Displays the ARBN field value from the subsidiary record or Company Information page.

Reporting Details

Field Group

Description

Reporting Period Start Date

Displays the value selected from the Start Date list on the Country Tax Reports page when the report is generated.

Reporting Period End Date

Displays the value selected from the End Date list on the Country Tax Reports page during the report generation.

Approving Responsible Member Given Name

Displays the value from the First Name field on the Payment Times Report Configuration Page. For more information, see Entity and Approval Information Subtab.

Approving Responsible Member Family Name

Displays the value from the Last Name field on the Payment Times Report Configuration Page. For more information, see Entity and Approval Information Subtab.

Responsible Member Approval Date

Displays the value from the Approval Date field on the Payment Times Report Configuration Page. For more information, see Entity and Approval Information Subtab.

Payment Practices

Field Name

Description

Did the entity offer supply chain finance arrangements during the reporting period?

Retrieves the field values from the Payment Details subtab on the Payment Times Report Configuration Page. For more information, see Payment Details Subtab.

Did the entity charge fees as part of the procurement process?

Do any Australian laws, voluntary codes or arrangements impose requirements on the entity's payment times and practices to small business?

Payment Terms

Field Name

Description

Most Common Payment Term (Statistical Mode)

Displays the mode of payment term in the SBTCP dataset. If multiple statistical modes of payment term are derived, the lowest value is accepted.

Receivable Terms Compared To Most Common Payment Term

Displays the value from the Payment Times Report Configuration page. For more information, see Payment Details Subtab.

Range Of Most Common Payment Terms - Minimum

The minimum payment term range calculated for each entity.

Range Of Most Common Payment Terms - Maximum

The maximum payment term range calculated for each entity.

Expected Most Common Payment Term For Next Period (Common)

Displays the value from the Payment Times Report Configuration page. For more information, see Payment Details Subtab.

Expected Range Of Most Common Payment Terms For Next Period - Minimum (Estimate)

Displays the value from the Payment Times Report Configuration page. For more information, see Payment Details Subtab.

Expected Range Of Most Common Payment Terms For Next Period - Maximum (Estimate)

Displays the value from the Payment Times Report Configuration page. For more information, see Payment Details Subtab.

Payment Times

Field Name

Description

Average Payment Time

Average of the payment times in the SBTCP dataset.

Median Payment Time

Median of the payment times in the SBTCP Dataset.

80th Percentile Payment Time

80th percentile of the payment times in the SBTCP dataset.

95th Percentile Payment Time

95th percentile of the payment times in the SBTCP Dataset.

Percentage Of Small Business Trade Credit Arrangements Paid Within Payment Terms

The percentage of payments in the payment terms of total payments in SBTCP dataset.

Invoices Paid With In 30 Days (%)

The percentage of payments where invoice payment time is less than 30 days of total payments in SBTCP dataset.

Invoices Paid In 31-60 Days (%)

The percentage of payments where payment time is greater than 30 days and less than 60 days of total payments in SBTCP dataset.

Invoices Paid Over 60 Days (%)

Percentage of payments where payment time is greater than 60 days of total payments in SBTCP dataset.

Miscellaneous

Field Name

Description

Small Business Trade Credit Payment As Percentage Of Total Trade Credit Payments

Percentage of payments made to small business of the total payments made as a TCP.

Percentage Of PEPPOL Enabled Small Business Procurement

Percentage of PEPPOL e-Invoice enabled payments of the total payments in SBTCP dataset.

Report Comments

Displays the value from the Payment Times Report Configuration page. For more information, see Others Subtab.

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