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Making Your Invoice

Making Your Invoice

Making Your Invoice

Your Invoice

Someone agreed to pay you for your work? Paste their message. The hours, the day rate, the costs — the numbers get lifted out for you, and a proper invoice is built. You check it, you send it.

Paste the message where they agreed the work. The numbers are lifted out. The invoice is built. You check it, you send it.

Paste their message. Numbers lifted. Invoice built. Tax worked out.

Paste their message. Get your invoice.

Step One — the message where they agreed the work

Step One — the message where they agreed the work

Step One — the message where they agreed the work

Step One — their message

Paste the email, text or message where they said yes to the work and the price. It is read once, here, and the numbers are lifted out for you.

Paste the message where they said yes to the work and the price. Numbers lifted for you.

Paste their yes message. Numbers lifted.

Paste their message.

Reads only what you give it — the email you upload, the message you paste, or the words you speak. Never your inbox.Only what you give it. Never your inbox.Only what you give it. Never your inbox.Never your inbox.

Step Two — the invoice itself

Step Two — the invoice itself

Step Two — the invoice itself

Step Two — your invoice

Setting money aside for tax

Setting money aside for tax

Setting money aside for tax

Money to set aside

Roughly how much have you earned from your own work so far this tax year? A plain estimate to put aside is worked out below — not a tax bill.

How much earned this tax year? A plain amount to put aside is worked out below. Not a tax bill.

How much earned this tax year? Put-aside amount below. Not a tax bill.

Enter earnings. See put-aside amount.

A plain amount to put aside from this invoice:Put aside from this invoice:Put aside from this invoice:Put aside: nothing yet

The first one thousand pounds you earn from your own work each tax year is tax-free — the trading allowance. Below that, there is nothing to set aside. If tax is already taken from another job, the amount to set aside may be lower.The first one thousand pounds each tax year is tax-free — the trading allowance. Under that: nothing to set aside. Tax from another job may lower it.First one thousand pounds: tax-free. Trading allowance. Under that: nothing. Other job tax may lower it.First one thousand pounds is tax-free.

Step Three — check it and send it

Step Three — check it and send it

Step Three — check it and send it

Step Three — send it

Every line is yours to check before anything goes out. When the invoice looks right, download it and send it to your client.

Check every line. Download it. Send it to your client.

Check each line. Download. Send.

Check it. Download it. Send it.

Keep your copy. Invoices are part of your evidence if a payment is ever late or disputed.Keep your copy. Invoices are evidence if payment is late.Keep your copy. Evidence if late payment.Keep your copy.

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