Originally posted by malvolio
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Originally posted by cojak View PostThis what I do and attach the self-billed invoice to my invoice (which I don't send out). Both are then reconciled.Comment
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Originally posted by escapeUK View PostI have to wonder if any of you guys have ever worked for a proper company or used a computer based financial system. I have never experienced anyone having suffixes or prefixes to denote client.
Your first invoice is 00001, then comes 00002. Its really easy.
For a smaller concern, you absolutely don't want clients knowing you're issuing only a few invoices, for a large concern, it's the same issue but for the opposite reason!
Originally posted by blacjac View PostMy accountant says not.
They recomended keeping all issued invoices as is, but then for each client switch to a sequential number for the next invoice.
Apparantly (accoring to my accountant) this rule exists so that if you get investigated, they can tell at a glance if any invoices have gone missing...Comment
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Start with 000001 and go to 000002 and so on.
On the file name I put the initials of the client, but not on the actual invoice number, but then I just use an excel spreadsheet invoice format, so I can keep things simple.Comment
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Originally posted by malvolio View PostNever yet had a satisfactory answer to this one. Personally I treat the agency invoice as a remittance advice - which it is, functionally - and raise my own correctly numbered invoice in parallel. The self-billing rules (which weren't written for continual supply of services, only widgets, but hey...) say you don't submit invoices, it doesn't say you can't use your own tracking mechanism.
I just started from 1 and counted up.Will work inside IR35. Or for food.Comment
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Originally posted by ColinT View PostFor a smaller concern, you absolutely don't want clients knowing you're issuing only a few invoices,
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DO NOT renumber them, but you could start a new sequence to continue as you mean to go on. Any query can be easily calmed with a simple explanation of the problem you anticipated and how your new system will avoid it. (This MUST be a RARE occurrence - more than once or twice ever is likely to cause further investigation!)Comment
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Originally posted by sal View PostTake off your tin foil cap and stop resurrecting zombie threads."I can put any old tat in my sig, put quotes around it and attribute to someone of whom I've heard, to make it sound true."
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