Invoice numbering

[TheCyclingProgrammer]

Strictly speaking the supplier (you) raises invoices and what you get from the purchaser is a purchase order,

Not the case under self-billing - the document the client raises IS the invoice and is the document that matters from a tax point of view (particularly VAT). It is not a PO. Any duplicate invoice you create for your own records is just that.

[password]

Hi Folks,

Do the invoice numbers only have to be in sequence for the year or following on from the previous year.

Up to now I have done a small bit of casual freelance over a couple of years. I prefix my invoice number with the year and then the actual number, padded with zeroes.

Example.
20140001
20150001

Would this satisfy HRMC?

[Sausage Surprise]

This what I do and attach the self-billed invoice to my invoice (which I don't send out). Both are then reconciled.

and also what I do too when self billing is in play

[northernladuk]

Hi Folks,

Do the invoice numbers only have to be in sequence for the year or following on from the previous year.

Up to now I have done a small bit of casual freelance over a couple of years. I prefix my invoice number with the year and then the actual number, padded with zeroes.

Example.
20140001
20150001

Would this satisfy HRMC?

What did your accountant say when you asked him?

Saying that... does this thread not answer your question???