LatestWhat to write in the notes field on an invoice
Most invoice notes fields say "thank you for your business". That line has never once got an invoice paid faster.
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LatestMost invoice notes fields say "thank you for your business". That line has never once got an invoice paid faster.
02Construction is the one trade where the invoice format is set by somebody else. Get it wrong and the payment is held before a human has looked at the work.
03Billing frequency is the cash flow decision most small businesses never actually make. They inherit whatever they did on the first job and keep doing it.
04A commercial invoice without a purchase order number is usually rejected by software before a person ever reads it. Nobody tells you. It just does not get paid.
05Most invoice terms are decoration. A dated deadline, a stated interest rate and a title clause are worth more than a page of small print nobody reads.
06Carpet cleaning is the trade most likely to be told the work was not done properly, weeks later, by someone who was not there. The invoice is where you win or lose that.
07Domestic cleaning invoices fail differently from commercial ones. There is no accounts department to absorb an unclear line, just one person deciding whether it looks right.
08They are opposite documents doing opposite jobs, and using one where the other belongs is how a paid job ends up looking unpaid.
09Half of invoice admin is answering questions your records could answer without you. A portal moves that work to the person who wanted the answer.
10Revenue tells you which jobs were big. Job costing tells you which ones were worth doing, and they are rarely the same list.
11The second person who can send invoices is the moment billing becomes a process rather than a habit. Deciding the rules early costs nothing.
12Maintenance contracts bill on a schedule, breakdowns bill on the day, and installations bill in stages. One account, three billing rhythms.