In plain English
It marks the official day an account statement was put out. In payments, it refers to the issue date of the payment account statement.
In context
Here, “statement date” labels the date the payment account statement was issued.
- Situation
- Understanding invoices, billing statements, balances, due dates, credits, and receipts
- What it communicates
- labels the date the statement was issued
Meaning limits
By itself, the term does not tell you the payment due date or the period the statement covers.
Examples
“The statement date was 30 April, but the payment was not due until 14 May.”
“Before filing the payment account statement, the clerk checked that the statement date was 30 April.”