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Invoicing

Complete invoicing, from the quote to the cleared payment

Raise it, send it, let your customer tell you when they paid, then agree it against the bank. One cycle, one place.

Invoice #INV000122Paid
Skyline Logistics · created 21 Aug 2026, 11:04 AM by Sarah Chen
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CustomerSkyline Logistics
Date21 Aug 2026
Due date20 Sept 2026
CenterLondon Office
Items
Item & DescriptionQtyRateAmount
Freight forwarding — Aug1.007,400.007,400.00
Customs handling2.00450.00900.00
Summary
SubtotalUSD 8,300.00
TotalUSD 8,300.00
PaidUSD 8,300.00
Balance dueUSD 0.00
Settled by
Receipt RPT000064USD 8,300.00
Lifecycle
QUOTEORDERDELIVERYINVOICEPAYMENT
Paid 30 days before the due date
100% collected
InvoicedUSD 8,300.00
PaidUSD 8,300.00

Quote to cash, one record

Quote it, order it, deliver it, invoice it. The same record moves through, so nothing is typed twice and nothing drifts between the steps.

They work inside your system

Your customer sees what they owe and tells you when they paid. Nobody in your office retypes what somebody else already typed.

Claimed is not proven

A customer saying they paid is not the bank saying so. Until the statement agrees, it sits apart from your cash.

A figure you can defend

Nobody gets chased for money they already paid, and a part paid invoice shows what is left rather than what it started as.

01Raise it

Quote it, order it, deliver it, invoice it

The quote is a document, the sales order an email, the delivery note a book in the van, and the invoice gets typed from scratch.

Quote it once. The quote becomes a sales order, the order a delivery note, the delivery an invoice, each carrying the last forward.

See how documents flow

The order stage, on only if you use it

Sales orders and delivery notes switch on alongside invoicing rather than being part of it. A business that quotes and invoices without an order stage carries no screens it never opens.

See how documents flow
Sales Orders12 results
AllOpenPartly fulfilledFulfilledDraft
1 Jan – 31 Dec 2026 · 12 sales orders · USD 192,237.40
NumberCustomerStatusTotal
SOR000020
Northgate Manufacturing Ltd
London Office
Open20,200.00
SOR000018
Skyline Logistics
New York Office
Fulfilled23,220.00
SOR000016
Apex Suppliers Ltd
London Office
Partly fulfilled77,477.40
SOR000015
Novatech Solutions
Manchester Depot
Open6,000.00
The order stage, on when you want it
Make Invoice Recurring
Automatically generate invoices on a schedule
Frequency
DailyWeeklyBi-WeeklyMonthlyQuarterlySemi-AnnuallyAnnually
On Day of Month
1st of the month
Ends
Never
Next 5 Invoices
1Tue, Sep 1, 2026Next
2Thu, Oct 1, 2026
3Sun, Nov 1, 2026
4Tue, Dec 1, 2026
Continues indefinitely
Generation Options
Create as Draft
Review before sending
Create as Final
Set it once, it raises itself

Schedule the invoices you raise every month

Set it once and it raises itself. Daily through yearly, on the day you pick, issued ahead of the due date by however long you need.

See how recurring invoices work

Everything you raise on the sales side

One place, one numbering sequence, one customer record behind all of it.

Quotes, orders, delivery notes and invoices
Credit notes and refunds when something comes back
Cash sales for when they pay on the spot
Opening balances, so you start with what you were owed
Statements, so a customer sees everything at once
Your branding on every document that leaves
Document Templates
Customize how your documents look
Apply to
Company-wideLondon OfficeNew York OfficeManchester Depot
Output Format
PDF Document
A4 / Letter
80mm Thermal
Standard POS
58mm Thermal
Compact POS
Live PreviewPDF Document
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London Office
4 Bishopsgate, London EC2
INVOICE
Number: INV000122
Due date: 20/09/2026
ItemQtyRateAmount
Freight forwarding1.007,400.007,400.00
Subtotal8,300.00
TotalUSD 8,300.00
Your branding, per location

Spread revenue across the contract you sold

Bill a year upfront and recognise it month by month. Set the contract dates and the schedule builds itself. Each entry posts on its own date.

See how the books are written
Create InvoiceSave
Optional fields
+ Subject+ Project+ PO Number+ Tags+ Note+ Attachments+ Defer Revenue+ Recurring
Center/Location *
London Office
Customers and accounts will be filtered by this center
Date *
Aug 21, 2026
Payment Terms
Net 30
Due Date
Sep 20, 2026
ItemQtyRateTaxAmount
Annual licence — 12 months124,000.00VAT 20%28,800.00
Deferred revenue schedule12 entries · USD 2,000.00 each
Sep 20262 recognisedAug 2027
Bill a year, recognise a month

Stop the invoice that breaks their limit

Set a limit per customer and an invoice that would break it will not save. You are told the limit, what they owe, and what is left.

See how customer accounts work
BrightMart Enterprises
Customer
View statement
Payment termsNet 30
Credit limitUSD 7,000,000.00
CurrencyUSD
LocationLondon Office
Last activity1 Aug 2026
Outstanding
6,828,858.02
As at today
Overdue
7,983,514.82
14 documents
This document would take them past their limit. Credit available USD 171,141.98.
Movement to date
Invoice 18 documents+9,204,858.02
Receipt 8 documents−2,368,000.00
Credit note 1 document−8,000.00
Closing balanceUSD 6,828,858.02
It will not save past the limit
One cycle

Each step carries the last one forward

Nothing is retyped between stages, and every stage posts through the same ledger.

Quote
What you offered
Order
What they accepted
Delivery
What left the shelf
Invoice
What they owe
Payment
What cleared
General ledgerOne set of books
02Send it

Send it the way they will actually read it

The invoice goes out as an attachment and gets buried. Three weeks later the customer asks about one and nobody can say which.

Email, WhatsApp, or a link they open without an account. Same invoice, same reference, findable by that reference afterwards.

See how documents are sent

Reach them on email, WhatsApp or a link

Some customers read email. Some only answer WhatsApp. Some want a link to forward to whoever pays. Same invoice either way.

See how statements work
Invoice #INV000122
21 Aug 2026 · Due 20 Sept 2026
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Vendor
Apex Suppliers Ltd
4 Bishopsgate, London EC2
Customer
Skyline Logistics
22 Airport Rd, Manchester
Line items
DescriptionQtyRateAmount
Freight forwarding — Aug1.007,400.007,400.00
Subtotal8,300.00
TotalUSD 8,300.00
Amount paid(5,000.00)
Balance dueUSD 3,300.00
Access live
Opens without an account, findable by INV000122 afterwards
Same invoice, same reference
Customers
ActiveArchived
AllOwing (17)In credit (7)Balance as at Today
AnalysisReconcile to Trial BalanceReceivables agingCustomer balancesSales by customer
CustomerLocationBalance
BrightMart EnterprisesLondon Office6,828,858.02
Novatech SolutionsNew York Office90,656.20
Skyline LogisticsManchester Depot1,866.60
Northgate Manufacturing LtdLondon Office(399,179.94)
Apex Suppliers LtdNew York Office77,477.40
Their account is created on your side

Let the other side do their own typing

Send a link and your customer fills in their own details and raises the document. The record is created on your side, and so is their account.

See how vendor links work
03Let them come to you

Let customers tell you what they paid

A customer pays and tells nobody. The money sits in the bank against a reference that matches nothing.

They open their own portal, see what they owe, and tell you what they paid and against which invoices, with their evidence attached.

See how the customer portal works

Give customers their own account view

They sign in and see what is outstanding, what they settled and the documents behind it. The questions your accounts team fields get answered first.

See how statements work
SL
Paying
Northgate Manufacturing Ltd
Outstanding balance
USD 430,000.00
Total billed
USD 500,000.00
Tax
USD 37,500.00
Open bills
2
Send payment advice
Bills3 bills
INV000032Paid
Due 20 Sept 2026
USD 0.00
outstanding
INV000027Unpaid
Due 19 Sept 2026
USD 215,000.00
outstanding
Recent advices
PAD000001
20 Aug 2026
USD 215,000.00Unconfirmed
They answer their own questions
Pay Northgate Manufacturing Ltd
Tell them what you've paid and against which bills.
Apply to billsSelect all
INV000027Unpaid
Due 19 Sept 2026
USD 215,000.00
INV000026Unpaid
Due 19 Sept 2026
USD 215,000.00
Payment method
Bank TransferDebit Card
Date
21 Aug 2026
Payment proof · recommended
Choose files or drag them here
PDF, PNG or JPG up to 10MB
Note
BACS ref NG-88214 · Northgate
Reference number, bank, anything that helps them reconcile.
The person who paid does the typing
Total payment
USD 215,000.00
Send advice

Collect payment advice from the person who paid

They enter the amount, the date, the bank reference and the invoices it covers, and attach the confirmation. It comes to you to confirm.

See how payments are applied
The whole pointRaising the invoice.

Every invoice knows where its money is.

04Agree it with the bank

Agree the bank before anything posts

Reconciliation means two windows and a spreadsheet. Then something is adjusted to force the difference to zero and nobody can find out why.

The statement comes in as a record of what the bank says. Your books stay your books. Nothing posts until somebody agrees.

See how bank reconciliation works
Confirm payment advice
Thomas Reid says they paid you
USD 215,000.00
14 Aug 2026 · BACS ref NG-88214
Which payment was this?154 uncategorised inflows · best guesses first
BACS NG-88214 — NorthgateDetails match
14 Aug 2026 · amount agrees
215,000.00
Invoice Payment — Star Paper MillDetails match
7 Feb 2026 · over by 137,800.00
760,000.00
Commission payment receivedDetails match
6 Jul 2026 · under by 147,978.39
474,221.61
Interest payment
21 Jun 2026 · under by 182,161.70
440,038.30
Claimed becomes proven here

Treat the statement as evidence, not instruction

What the bank sends is stored alongside your books, not inside them. Nothing changes your accounts because a file was imported.

See how the books are written

Match payments to the invoices they settle

Unapplied money is offered against what is open, oldest first, then exact amount, then the invoice it names. Matched entries unlink like your own.

See how allocation works
Receipt #RPT000065Unmatched
Amount received
USD 100,000.00
Unmatched: USD 100,000.00
Date21 Aug 2026
Payment methodBank Transfer
Payment accountNorthgate Bank
Unmatched balance: USD 100,000.00Match Invoices
Open invoices offeredoldest first
INV000118
Due 12 Aug 2026 · oldest open
62,400.00
INV000121
Due 28 Aug 2026 · exact amount
37,600.00
AllocatedUSD 100,000.00
One transfer, several invoices

Close the rest of the cycle properly

What happens between the money arriving and the month being finished.

A credit note settles an invoice the same way cash does
Part payments, and one transfer covering several invoices
Tax deducted at source clears it and leaves you the credit
Discount off the price is not an expense. Early settlement is
Send an unmatched bank line out for someone to explain
Nothing posts to your books from anything sent outside
Approval Workflows
Multi-level approval requirements per document type
Invoices
ActiveMin amount: USD 25,000
Approval Levels
+ Add Level
1
Level 1 Approval
2 approvers assigned
CHJR
2
Level 2 Approval
Finance director
MB
Credit Notes
InactiveMin amount: USD 1,000
Held until approved
Orders (3)Invoicing (21)Collections (8)Returns & credits (1)Cash sales (10)
Collections8 results
NumberDateStatusTotal
RPT0000534 Jan 2026Matched309,000.00
RPT00004713 Apr 2026Matched309,000.00
RPT00003531 Dec 2025Unmatched500,000.00
RPT00003431 Dec 2025Unmatched500,000.00
RPT00003228 Dec 2025Matched110,000.00
Matched keeps a record of why

Turn matching on, off, or off for one customer

Leave it running, switch it off, or exclude the one customer whose payments never come in cleanly. Whatever is matched keeps a record of why.

See how permissions work
05What you are owed

Stand behind your debtors figure

The aged list and the accounts disagree. Customers who settled with a credit note are still on it, and anyone in credit has been dropped.

Everything that settles a debt counts, whether cash, a credit note, a write off or an opening balance. The total agrees with your books.

See how the aged report works

Age a part paid invoice at what is left

What remains is what is outstanding, in the bucket of its own due date. It does not jump back to current because a payment touched it.

See how reports work
OverviewActivities 44Ledger 91Reconcile
Orders (3)Deliveries (1)Invoicing (21)Collections (8)Returns & credits (1)
NumberDueAgeStatusOutstanding
INV00011031 Aug 2026in 10dUnpaid309,000.00
INV00010131 Jul 202621d overduePartly paid124,000.00
INV0000941 Jul 202651d overdueUnpaid309,000.00
INV00008931 May 2026SettledPaidSettled
INV00008813 May 2026SettledPaidSettled
Aged at what is left, in its own bucket
View
By customerBy invoice
As at
30 Jun 2026
Payments after this date are excluded
Buckets
30 / 60 / 90 days
Reconciled to the control account as at 2026-06-30 — open items USD 203,703.98 + unapplied credits (USD 5,581.23) = USD 198,122.75
Total
198,122.75
Open items
203,703.98
Unapplied
(5,581.23)
Overdue
189,150.04
Customer1–3031–6090+TotalOldest
Novatech Solutions12,900.004,180.0065,684.3990,656.20222d
BrightMart Enterprises309.001,240.007,674.516,828.86255d
Skyline Logistics1,244.40622.203,180.001,866.6017d
Northgate Manufacturing Ltd2,410.00(399.18)0d
It agrees with the control account

Reproduce last quarter exactly as it was

Run it as at any date and get what was true then. Money that arrived afterwards is not counted. An auditor can use it a year later.

See how period close works

Questions people ask first

Do I get sales orders and delivery notes?

They switch on alongside invoicing rather than being part of it, so a business that quotes and invoices without an order stage does not carry screens it never opens. Turn them on and the chain runs from the quote through to the invoice.

Can I invoice the same customer every month without redoing it?

Set it once and it raises itself, daily through yearly, on the day you choose and issued ahead of the due date by however long you need.

What if a customer pays several invoices in one transfer?

The money is offered against what is open, oldest first, then by exact amount, then by the invoice it names. What you match unlinks again if it was wrong.

What if a customer deducts tax before paying?

The invoice clears in full and what they held back sits in its own account as a credit you can claim. Nothing stays open pretending to be a debt.

Can a customer tell me what they paid?

Yes. They open their own portal, see what is outstanding, and submit the amount, the date, the bank reference and the invoices it covers, with their evidence attached.

Does an invoice move my stock?

When you sell a physical thing, yes. It leaves the shelf and what it cost you is written against the sale in the same action, provided you hold stock in the first place.

Can I stop a customer going over their limit?

Set a limit per customer and a document that would break it will not save. You are told the limit, what they already owe and what is left.

Can I bill a year upfront and recognise it monthly?

Yes. Set the contract dates and the schedule builds itself, with each entry posting on its own date rather than all at once.

Can I use my own document names?

Rename what you raise, reorder it, and hide what you never use. What changes is the wording. What posts to your books does not.

How do I know the aged list is right?

It agrees with the control account, always. A part paid invoice ages at what is left in its own due bucket, and a customer in credit shows as a negative rather than being dropped.

Control

Controlled the way everything here is controlled

Who can raise, credit and write off
What you are owed, by age and by customer
Invoices and credit notes held until approved
Rename quotes, orders and delivery notes
Every issue, change and reversal recorded
Issue from a location, with its own branding
One system

An invoice is never only an invoice

Selling a physical thing takes it off the shelf
Payment advice waits in a holding account until the bank agrees
What it cost you is written in the same action
The location that sold it carries the revenue
A job costing becomes the estimate and the invoice
Every document posts through the same ledger

Follow one invoice all the way to the bank

Raise it, send it, let the customer advise a payment, then match it against the statement and watch the aged list change.