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Payment Agreement Template

Prepared for:

​[Client.FirstName][Client.LastName]

​[Client.Company]​

Created by:

​[Sender.FirstName][Sender.LastName]​

​[Sender.Company]​

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Payment Agreement

This Payment Agreement is entered into as of May 12 by and between [Client.Company] having its principal place of business located at 27 Plymouth Lane Los Angeles, CA 90066 (the “Owing Party”) and [Sender.Company]having its principal place of business located at 4 East Manchester St. Bakersfield, CA 93306 (the “Owed Party”), both of whom agree to be bound by this Agreement.

Whereas,

the Owing Party owes the Owed Party $10.000 (the “Deficiency”); and

Whereas,

the Owing Party and the Owed Party desire to enter into an agreement whereby the Owing Party shall pay the Owed Party the sum of the Deficiency on a payment plan according to the terms and conditions herein.

Now, Therefore,

in consideration of the mutual covenants and promises made by the parties hereto, the Owing Party and the Owed Party (individually, each a “Party” and collectively, the “Parties”) covenant and agree as follows:

How do you write a payment agreement?

This payment agreement template is written as a contract between two businesses. However, payment agreements can also involve private individuals and financial institutions. Depending on your situation, you can rewrite this section to refer to the “Principal place of residence” if the lender or borrower isn’t a business.

You can use this payment agreement template to collect some of the debt and release the rest of the debt upon payment. To do so, edit the “Amount owed” above to state “the discounted rate of [Amount owed].” Then in section 6 below, edit “The full amount of the deficiency” to state “The undiscounted amount of the deficiency, [Full amount owed]” instead. This can help you receive at least partial repayment from debtors without sacrificing your right to the full amount should they stop following the payment plan.

Deficiency Acknowledgment

In a legal deficiency arrangement, a sponsor or other entity agrees to contribute money to a business to make up for any deficiencies brought on by limitations on capital investment, cash flow, or income, allowing the business to pay down their loans.

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The Owing Party agrees and acknowledges that it is indebted to the Owed Party an amount of money equal to the Deficiency as defined above. Nothing in this Payment Agreement is a waiver of any amounts owed and in the event of any breach of this Agreement by the Owing Party, the Owed Party's rights to the Deficiency shall not be limited.

If the profits of any selling or other disposal of the Assets are inadequate to cover the Owing Party’s commitments and the costs and expenses of any lawyers hired by the Owed Party to recover the shortfall, the Owing Party will be responsible for such shortfall.

This clause protects the owed party from potential attempts to avoid payment by the owing party. The owing party can request that this be edited to include a waiver on certain amounts owed, particularly if the payment agreement involves a discounted rate.

Owing Party Representation and Warranty 

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The Owing Party hereby represents and warrants that this Agreement and the payment plan herein has been developed in a manner that the Owing Party reasonably believes it can pay the Owed Party without further interruption notwithstanding an additional change in circumstances.

Both parties comply with the following warranties and representations: Each party guarantees and denotes toward the other that: (i) it has all necessary organizational or other authority, jurisdiction, licensing requirements, planning permissions, privileges, approvals, and wholly owned subsidiaries to execute this Arrangement and carry out its contractual duties; and (ii) its implementation, distribution, and effectiveness of this Contract has been allocated by, or is in full compliance with, its organic components, and this Contract has been duly implemented.

Payment Plan

3.

The Parties hereby agree to the payment plan as described on Exhibit A attached hereto (the “Payment Plan”). The Owing Party agrees to make the payments to the Owed Party associated with the dates as listed on the Payment Plan.

All payments required under this Agreement must be wired to a bank account chosen from a bank in the country of the Owed Party’s choosing. All transactions under the agreement must be paid in US currency. Any transaction that is due under certain terms and conditions but falls on a weekend, holiday, or other non-business day mustl be made the next working day. To the extent permissible by applicable law, any transactions that are not made on the deadline they are due under this Contract will accrue interest at the prime rate as reported by the Wall Street Journal on the deadline, plus an extra (**) percent ((**)%), determined by calculating the amount of days the fee is past due.

The payment plan is vital to keeping your payment or loan agreement on track. You can use your payment plan agreement to set up a payment schedule that includes interest rates, or you can set it to pay off the amount originally owed and no more. As long as both parties agree to the schedule, the settlement amount, and sign the contract, either solution is acceptable and enforceable. You can, alternatively, also submit a payment plan separately in the format of PDF or Word. You can use the payment plan at the end of this agreement template as an example.

A payment agreement contract can use any valid payment method agreed upon by both parties. However, either party is free to refuse to make or accept a payment made with a payment method not listed in the contract. Make sure you select a payment method that both parties will be able to manage for the duration of the payment agreement. You can also edit the above clause to include multiple payment methods if you are concerned about relying on a single one.

Method of Payment

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Payments shall be made to the Owed Party in accordance with the Payment Plan via bank transfer.

Release and Indemnification

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In consideration for agreeing to this Payment Agreement, the Owed Party hereby releases any ancillary claims against the Owing Party related to the Deficiency as of the date of this Agreement. However, nothing in this Agreement is meant to release the Owing Party from its obligation to pay the Deficiency according to the Payment Plan herein or limit the rights of the Owed Party in collecting said Deficiency.

Acceleration upon Breach

This clause acts as a penalty for late payments made by the owing party. This is most commonly used in industries like real estate, where loans are very large. You can edit the clause to permit multiple missed payments or to adjust the debt amount that will come due after each missed payment.

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In the event that the Owing Party fails to make any payments in accordance with the Payment Plan, upon reaching ten (10) days after the failure to make any such prescribed payment, the full amount of the Deficiency shall come immediately due and payable.

Assignment

7.

The Owed Party may assign this Agreement with written notice to the Owing Party. In the event of such assignment, the assignee may designate a new method of payment.

No Modification Unless in Writing

8.

No modification of this Agreement shall be valid unless in writing and agreed upon by both Parties.

This clause allows the owed party to assign the contract to a debt collector on their behalf. If neither party wants to permit assignment, you can edit the clause to state that the owed party cannot assign the agreement to anyone else. This allows the party borrowing money to remain confident that they will pay the same party back over the duration of the agreement.

Severability

9.

In the event any provision of this Agreement is unenforceable for any reason, then the Parties agree that such provision shall be deemed to be struck and the remainder of the Agreement shall be enforced as if the struck provision were never included in the Agreement.

Clause of Severability: Any portion, clause, guarantee, or claim of this Contract that is unlawful, illegal, or invalid shall be futile to the degree of such violation without undermining the remainder of this Contract's terms. Without nullifying the residual terms of this Agreement, any component, requirement, recognition, or warranty that is forbidden, impossible to enforce, or determined to be nullified or held to be invalid in any jurisdiction shall be useless with respect to that authority to the significant degree of such restriction or enforcement of public, and any such restriction or non-infringement in any authority with respect to any new loan shall not nullify or render such requirement voidable in any other purview.

Applicable Law

10.

This Agreement and the interpretation of its terms shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of [Sender.Country], [Sender.State] and subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the federal and state courts located in the [Sender.Country], [Sender.State].

This Contract is the whole understanding between the companies with regard to its nature of the content, and it will continue to progress and retain its effectiveness until the Parties mutually agree to its termination. The subsection headers utilized here are purely for clarity and have no bearing on how this Contract should be read or understood. Each entity gives consent to the exercising local jurisdiction and knowingly and willingly commits to the authority of such state's courts in any action or proceeding relating to this Contract. This Agreement shall be interpreted, executed, and directly controlled by the intrinsic laws of that state without giving power to its principles of dispute of law.

Securities Trading: The Parties recognize that they are aware that the United States securities laws prohibit anyone who possesses substantial, non-public knowledge related to the transaction from acquiring or selling securities of a corporation that may be a party to such a transaction or from disclosing such information to any other person. The Parties also undertake to educate their members, executives, managers, employees, and advocates who are aware of the things that are a basis of this Contract of this fact.

Notices: Any notices required to be given by one Party to the other will be deemed to have been duly given if personally hand delivered, communicated by electronic mail, or sent by registered mail, postage prepaid, to the Parties at the addresses listed below for each entity, or to any additional addresses either entity may create on a regular basis provided notice is given in writing to the other Party. If conveyed personally or by fax, this notice will be assumed to have been given at the time of transmission; if sent by registered mail via the postal system, it will be regarded to have been delivered three working days after the date of posting.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF,

each of the Parties has executed this Agreement, both Parties by its duly authorized officer, as of the day and year set forth below.

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Signature
MM / DD / YYYY

​[Sender.Company] ​[Sender.FirstName][Sender.LastName]

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Signature
MM / DD / YYYY

​[Client.Company] ​[Client.FirstName][Client.LastName]

Every state has slightly different laws regarding contracts, so the governing law of the state you choose matters. Most payment agreement letters are set to follow the state laws of the owed party, but you can choose to follow the law of the owing party if that makes more sense in your situation.

Exhibit A

Payment Plan

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Payment

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Most payment plans choose to use monthly payments, but not all. You can adjust the terms of the agreement to require weekly, quarterly, or even annual payments. As long as both parties agree to the plan, you can set any payment schedule you like.
If you choose to apply interest in your payment plan, you will need to include amortization in your payment schedule. You can follow an amortization calculator or use Excel to find the exact amount of interest to add to each payment.

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Payment Agreement FAQ

  • A payment agreement is a contract between two parties where one has borrowed money or purchased something on credit from the other. The contract outlines the amount of money owed, the plan to pay off the amount owed, warranties about the payment process, and penalties for a failure to pay. A simple payment agreement can be used for loans or purchases of any size. Note that a payment agreement is not the same as a lease agreement, which should include terms about the property that’s being leased.

  • The purpose of a payment agreement is to specify the details of a loan repayment. They might include the number of payments, their size, duration of the repayment, conditions for early repayment, and other things. It should be made in writing or with esignature software, as it would be next to impossible to enfore otherwise.

  • You should use payment contract when you want to lend money, borrow money, want to organise loan repayment in a specific way, or make an amortisation table. It is a legally binding agreement, so it must be written clearly and unambiguously. See our free professionally made template for an example.

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