Leasing

Postponing or revising a leasing installment

When and how to grant a late leasing lessee a postponement or a revision of an installment, without losing control of your collections.

Published on 5 min read

A lessee going through a temporary difficulty is not a lost lessee. Granting extra time can let you recover a rent installment that litigation would bring in neither faster nor more surely. But it must be done methodically.

Postponement, revision, penalty, default: don't mix everything up

LeverWhat it isWhen to use it
PostponementMoving an installment's dateTemporary, dated cash-flow difficulty
Amount revisionChanging an installment's amountCommercial agreement on a different amount
PenaltyCharging for the delay (daily rate or fixed amount)If your contract provides for it and you want to apply it
Move to defaultConsidering the contract as defaulting beyond a delay thresholdProlonged delay, opening of specific handling

These levers are not mutually exclusive, but order matters: postponing an installment and then applying a penalty for the postponed period sends the lessee a contradictory message.

Before granting a postponement: four questions

  1. Is the difficulty temporary? A delay caused by a collection lag at the lessee's end is nothing like a lasting drop in activity.
  2. Does the lessee have a reliable history? A customer who has always paid deserves a flexibility that a customer already chased several times does not necessarily deserve.
  3. Is the new date realistic? A postponement without a credible commitment simply pushes the problem back.
  4. How many postponements do you accept? Set a rule (for example once per contract) so you don't decide case by case under pressure.

What this looks like on virement.tn

  • Postponing an installment: you choose a new date, no earlier than today or the current due date if that is later. The installment's delay is reset to zero immediately.
  • Revising its amount: you change the installment's amount, including when it is already overdue.
  • Generating a penalty, if the contract provides for one and you configured a daily rate or fixed amount when creating it; it is issued as a separate invoice, linked to the contract.

An already overdue installment remains visible and payable by the lessee: postponing it does not make it disappear from their space.

What the tool doesn't do for you

virement.tn does not automatically reschedule a remaining balance over new installments, and does not replace the amendment that formalizes the agreement. A postponement is an action on one installment; restructuring a contract in difficulty remains a decision for the leasing company.

Keep a record

Whatever solution you choose, document it: the date of the request, the reason, the decision, the new installment and the lessee's agreement. In the event of a later dispute, this is what protects both parties.

For the whole approach — reminders, follow-ups, default threshold, indicators — see the leasing rent collection method and the leasing page.

Frequently asked questions

Can you postpone an already overdue installment on virement.tn?

Yes. An installment can be postponed to a new date even if it is already overdue; its number of days late is then reset to zero. Its amount can also be revised.

Does virement.tn recalculate the whole schedule after a postponement?

No. The postponement or revision acts on one installment at a time. The platform does not automatically reschedule the remaining balance over new installments: such a rescheduling remains to be decided and organized by the leasing company.

Does a postponement need to be formalized?

Yes, in writing, according to what your contract provides (amendment, agreed exchange). It is a contractual decision before it is a tool setting.

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