FOI release

Transactional invoice payment data for all trade suppliers

Case reference FOI2022/01802

Published 4 January 2023

Request

I am writing to you under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to request the following information from your Accounts Payable department:

Transactional invoice payment data for all trade suppliers, 2017/18 financial year only. to include the following:

Mandatory Requirement:

Supplier name

Invoice date (date on invoice)

Date invoice was paid

Invoice gross value

Supplier invoice reference

For all invoices where the payment date is greater than 30 days after the invoice date.

Optional Requirement (please provide if available in the same report)

Invoice number (your system reference)

Date invoice was received (if recorded)

Further Guidance:

Please include:

• Invoices submitted by trade suppliers only, typically VAT invoices as defined by HMRC advice.

• The information in electronic form in a CSV, TXT file or excel format. as a mail attachment.

Do not include:

• Payments such as employee expense, wayleaves, standing orders etc.

• Any data you perceive as commercially sensitive or data protected (supplier name is not data protected for sole traders).

• Information presented in a PDF format

Response

I am writing to you under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to request the following information from your Accounts Payable department:

Transactional invoice payment data for all trade suppliers, 2017/18 financial year only. to include the following:

Mandatory Requirement:

Supplier name

Invoice date (date on invoice)

Date invoice was paid

Invoice gross value

Supplier invoice reference

For all invoices where the payment date is greater than 30 days after the invoice date.

Optional Requirement (please provide if available in the same report)

Invoice number (your system reference)

Date invoice was received (if recorded)

Further Guidance:

Please include:

• Invoices submitted by trade suppliers only, typically VAT invoices as defined by HMRC advice.

• The information in electronic form in a CSV, TXT file or excel format. as a mail attachment.

Do not include:

• Payments such as employee expense, wayleaves, standing orders etc.

• Any data you perceive as commercially sensitive or data protected (supplier name is not data protected for sole traders).

• Information presented in a PDF format

A: See spreadsheet attached

Documents

This is Herefordshire Council's response to a freedom of information (FOI) or environmental information regulations (EIR) request.

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