How To Provide An Invoice ?

[triagain2002@yahoo.com]

Hi All,

 

So I landed my first big(relative of course) commissioned project and they are asking for an invoice. Since my sales have been mostly to friends and family and small amount this never was an issue.

How can I give an invoice since I do not have a business?

I did purchase an invoice book from walmart.. do I just fill it out and give to them?

When I looked into this online.. I saw that what I am doing can be considered Hobby .. if I document the expenses since the total revenue is relatively minimal.

 

So would you recommend me using the invoice from Walmart or just giving an email with the summary of the sale.

 

Thanks in advance!

[GEP]

 

So would you recommend me using the invoice from Walmart or just giving an email with the summary of the sale.

 

Either of these would be just fine. I would include the following:

 

invoice date

your name and contact info

customer's name and contact info

purchase order number (if the customer used a PO)

description of items sold

price

work delivery date

payment due date

and any payment terms you want to use

 

 

 

Congrats!

[Marcia Selsor]

depending...you may want a deposit if you need some funds upfront.

 

Marcia

[DirtRoads]

I use this thing:

 

http://www.aynax.com/freeInvoiceTemplate.php

 

It's free and looks like a professional.  Most orders from organizations or businesses require an invoice.

[williamt]

I am in a similar situation. I use an Excel template available:

 

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/templates/basic-invoice-TC101877521.aspx

 

Has worked well for me and the purchaser.

 

Lee