[Vocabulary] Payable within 30 days end-of-the-month...

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Hi,

I wonder what day should be the payment date?
"Invoices shall be payable within 30 days end-of-the-month payment made on the 10th of the following month."

I can't really figure out whether it is normal 30 days EOM (30 days from month end) or the 10th day of the following month?
If I issue an invoice today, when will it be payable?
Is the sentence wrong/unclear?

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It's unclear to me. I have no idea what you mean.:-(
 

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Perhaps:

Payment is due within 30 days of statement date.

The statement date is, of course, on the statement.
 

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Thank you.
What's about the "10th day of the following month"?
 

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Yes me too. Initially I thought it was my fault that I did not understand it, and I did copied the sentence from its source too.
 

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Please provide a link to the source.
 

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Hi,
It's not from a link. It's from a document.
It's even from an agreement, which I doubt whether the purchaser (who seems to be the one who drafted this agreement) wanted it to be this confusing.
 

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It is still not clear whether payment is due within 30 days, or by the 10th of the following month.
There could be two cut-off dates, whichever is earlier.
 

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Thank you all!
 
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