All agencies should:

1. have policies that clearly require payment of invoices within 30 days of receiving the invoice, or the receipt of goods and services (whichever is later) as specified in TI 323
2. ensure they improve administrative processes so that all payments are made in accordance with their policies, unless there is a compelling reason
3. improve recordkeeping to ensure that, for all payments, there are records of the date that the invoice or goods and services were received. Ideally, this information should be recorded in the agency’s financial information management system and used as a key date for determining when payments should be made.