Two Clients - one on self-billing invoices and the other on normal invoices

[ladymuck]

Which is why I give every client a prefix and then use sequential numbers from there. Self billing is otherwise a world of pain for accountancy purposes.

It's not really. You just throw away the agency issued paperwork and raise your own but don't send it to the agency.

[Fred Bloggs]

It's not really. You just throw away the agency issued paperwork and raise your own but don't send it to the agency.

Indeed. I get surprised why folks can't work it out for themselves, it's so simple and so obvious. Yet there's always someone asking. Just file away the agency or client self invoices. Raise your own for each agency/client with a prefix identifier unique to each agency/client. What's difficult there?

[zonkkk]

It's not really. You just throw away the agency issued paperwork and raise your own but don't send it to the agency.

That's not 'just' paperwork, it's an invoice they have raised for me, based on which they have paid me. These are official documents, you can't just throw it away and create another one.

[zonkkk]

Indeed. I get surprised why folks can't work it out for themselves, it's so simple and so obvious. Yet there's always someone asking. Just file away the agency or client self invoices. Raise your own for each agency/client with a prefix identifier unique to each agency/client. What's difficult there?

The difficulty is that the Crunch online system won't allow me to modify the invoice number in any way. If they did, indeed it would be simple. I have raised it with them as well to see what their VAT accountants suggest.

[ladymuck]

That's not 'just' paperwork, it's an invoice they have raised for me, based on which they have paid me. These are official documents, you can't just throw it away and create another one.

You really are over egging this by a huge amount.

[zonkkk]

Possibly. Just want to make sure everything's in order. Thanks for all your replies.

[Fred Bloggs]

The difficulty is that the Crunch online system won't allow me to modify the invoice number in any way. If they did, indeed it would be simple. I have raised it with them as well to see what their VAT accountants suggest.

You are using rubbish software, time you migrated to FreeAgent anyway.

[zonkkk]

You are using rubbish software, time you migrated to FreeAgent anyway.

Nah, you're alright. I'm happy with Crunch and their online portal. Does everything I need and for a very good price. (*cough* except support multiple invoice numbering sequences).

By the way, I've spoken to one of their accountants, and they've confirmed that I can just raise 'dummy' invoices for the self-billing ones, and leave it at that with raising other invoices as normal.

[ladymuck]

Nah, you're alright. I'm happy with Crunch and their online portal. Does everything I need and for a very good price. (*cough* except support multiple invoice numbering sequences).

By the way, I've spoken to one of their accountants, and they've confirmed that I can just raise 'dummy' invoices for the self-billing ones, and leave it at that with raising other invoices as normal.

Glad to see you did due diligence on the free advice by getting some from the company you pay to advise you