Unclear, delayed and missing bills
We can help with your complaint about bills that are unclear, irregular or delayed, as well as complaints about how bills are provided. To resolve your complaint, we consider the law, good industry practice and fairness.
Types of billing complaints
We deal with complaints about billing issues such as:
- bills that aren’t itemised
- bills with unclear charges, credits or adjustments
- not receiving regular bills, or being billed for old charges
- how bills are provided.
What you should expect from your provider: the law and industry practice on billing
Your phone bills should be clear and itemised
By law, phone bills must show the date, destination number, duration and cost of all calls, except untimed local calls. Information in bills should be clear and accurate, and include all the important details.
You should get a bill within ten business days of your billing period
Generally, providers must bill you for each billing period. If you’re given a bill more than 10 business days after the end of the billing period, you should also get more time to pay.
You can’t be billed for old charges
Unless there are exceptional circumstances, providers must not bill you for charges that you incurred more than 160 days ago.
More information
For more detailed information read our guidance on Billing - in detail.