Maddie · Chen & Co Bookkeeping

Hi Maddie, just floating invoice ML-2026-0142 ($4,800.00) to the top of your inbox. I know things get incredibly busy, can we get this settled by Friday, or would it help to break it up into a payment plan? (I'm Settle, Mason Lane's AI accounts assistant.)

Hi, I got your message. I can't pay the full $4,800 this month, a client of mine has been slow paying and my cashflow's tight. Can we split it into instalments?

Absolutely, we can do that. I can split the $4,800.00 into 12 weekly payments of $400.00, starting Tue 28 July and finishing 13 October. Just reply YES if that works, or tell me what suits you better.

Could we do $500 a fortnight? That'd fit my budget better right now.

Doing $500 a fortnight would drag the plan out past the 12-week limit I'm authorised to approve. To keep it inside 12 weeks, we can do six fortnightly payments of $800.00, 28 July to 6 October. Reply YES to lock that in.

OK, $800 a fortnight over six payments works. Go ahead and set it up.

Done. Six fortnightly payments of $800.00, starting Tue 28 July and finishing Tue 6 October. Confirmation is on its way.

Thanks Settle, honestly didn't expect it to be this easy.

Glad we could make it work, Maddie. Have a great week.