# Failed Payment Resume Billing Anchor Check

Check which billing date a resumed subscription anchors to before forecasting it.

## Scope
Preparation and review only. No account action or professional decision.

## Inputs
Pause record, resume date and billing anchor behavior.

## Workflow
1. Record the documented anchor behavior on resume.
2. Compare the original billing date against the resume date.
3. Flag forecasts that reuse the original date after an anchor reset.
4. Return the anchor check without resuming billing.

## Output contract
subscription | original_date | resume_date | anchor_behavior | forecast_date | reset_unproved

## Fictional acceptance test
Fictional subscription billed on the 1st, paused, resumed on the 15th with anchor reset behavior. A forecast that books revenue on the 1st double-counts the month against the reset anchor.

## Review gates
Keep original values, source IDs and version dates. Unknown facts stay held. Use qualified review for hiring, legal and accounting conclusions. No send, share, sign-in, scheduling, ledger change or payment. Fictional contract review is not a live account compatibility test.

## Method source
https://docs.stripe.com/billing/subscriptions/pause-payment

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