Guides for getting paid.
Short, plain guides on invoices, tax and money coming in, for businesses anywhere.
A €3,000 invoice. €2,965 arrives, €35 went on bank fees. You agree to write it off with a credit note, and the invoice is paid. Tax · 6 min read
Why your client paid less: withholding tax, fees and short payments
Less money arrived than the invoice said? The usual reasons, from bank fees to withholding tax and India's TDS, and what to do about each.
A bank statement is read in its own currency, and each payment that came in is paired with the invoice it most likely pays. Bookkeeping · 6 min read
How to match bank payments to invoices, without a spreadsheet
How to pair each bank payment with the invoice it pays, in any currency, including part payments, bank fees and one payment for many bills.
The customer says yes: mark the quotation accepted, then convert it. Every line is copied into a draft invoice. Basics · 6 min read
Quotation, proforma or invoice? What to send, and when
A quotation or estimate offers a price, a proforma asks for payment first, an invoice is the real bill. What each means, when to send it, and the tax.
One untidy spreadsheet row, and the same sale as a clean invoice with the VAT worked out and a due date. Switching · 6 min read
Still making invoices in Excel or Word? When to switch, and how
The honest signs your spreadsheet or Word invoices are costing you, what you gain by switching, and a simple first-week plan to move over.
The whole loop: make the invoice, send it from your own WhatsApp or email, match the payment from your bank statement, and it is Paid. Openn Invoice · 6 min read
Why switch to Openn Invoice
Here are the problems Openn Invoice is built to fix, and who it is not for yet.