The cited guidance does not identify any specific payment term as requiring approval before a purchase order is issued. It confirms only that a pro forma invoice may include payment terms and the buyer’s reference. It provides no approval threshold, authorized approver, deadline, or rule determining which terms require prior consent.
How to check the payment terms
Use the pro forma invoice to identify what the seller proposes, not as the source of the buyer’s approval requirement. Before issuing a purchase order, the buyer should compare those terms with its own authorized purchasing and finance rules.
A term needs separate approval under this review if it falls outside what the buyer is already authorized to accept. The cited guidance does not define that boundary, so the buyer must determine it internally rather than assume that every invoice requires the same approval.
What the reader must still confirm
The available material leaves several questions unresolved:
- Which payment terms the buyer’s internal policy treats as requiring approval.
- Who is authorized to approve each unresolved term.
- Whether approval must occur before the purchase order or at another stage.
- What supporting records are required.
- Whether payment terms in the purchase order match the reviewed pro forma invoice.
Until those points are confirmed through the buyer’s own approval process, the cited source alone cannot support a definitive list of payment terms requiring prior approval.