Late B2B Payments Tax 4.1% of Corporate Revenue

# Late B2B Payments Tax 4.1% of Corporate Revenue

> Evidence tier: B1
> Evidence type: PYMNTS summary of its June 2026 Growth Corporates Working Capital Index research
> Source: [PYMNTS](https://www.pymnts.com/back-office/cfo/2026/late-b2b-payments-tax-4-1-percent-of-corporate-revenue)
> Published: 2026-09-14
> Captured: 2026-09-14T12:37:09.851Z

## Source summary

PYMNTS Intelligence says growth corporates lose roughly 4.1% of revenue while pursuing overdue B2B payments. Its June 2026 working-capital summary also reports a 23-day cash-conversion cycle for firms with fewer than 50 active suppliers versus 49 days for firms with more than 100, and says 80% of top performers primarily use working-capital tools for planned growth while 67% of bottom performers mainly use them for emergencies.

## Why it matters

The 4.1% estimate frames collections, reconciliation and payment automation as revenue-preservation and working-capital decisions rather than only back-office cost. The page summarizes PYMNTS' own research and does not disclose the sample, geography, field dates, statistical uncertainty or a separately audited calculation; it also does not isolate cross-border payments. The figures should therefore be treated as publisher-reported benchmarks, not universal corporate rates.

## Key numbers

- **Revenue reportedly lost pursuing overdue B2B payments:** roughly 4.1%
- **Cash-conversion cycle by supplier-network size:** 23 days (<50 suppliers) vs. 49 days (>100 suppliers)
- **Top performers using working capital for planned growth:** 80%
- **Bottom performers using working capital for emergencies:** 67%

## Topics and entities

- Industry lane: Cross-border market
- Entities: PYMNTS Intelligence
- Company intelligence
- Cross-border payments

## Evidence and credibility note

PYMNTS summary of its own research. The article supports the stated figures, but the page does not disclose enough methodology for independent replication and does not isolate cross-border payments.

Date evidence: PYMNTS article metadata records 2026-09-14T08:00:34+00:00 and the visible page is dated September 14, 2026

## First-party corroboration

- [https://www.pymnts.com/study_posts/the-24-day-advantage-what-top-performing-cfos-know-about-working-capital/](/en/items/https://www.pymnts.com/study_posts/the-24-day-advantage-what-top-performing-cfos-know-about-working-capital/)

## Original-source traceback

[Open the original PYMNTS report](https://www.pymnts.com/back-office/cfo/2026/late-b2b-payments-tax-4-1-percent-of-corporate-revenue)

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