- How to create scheduled invoice
- Examples of scheduled invoices
- Fields explained
Scheduled invoicing (installments) can be used, if the project is invoiced in installments and/or the is sold at a contract price.
You can track the billing estimation for the coming months in the Project overview or in the Profit & Lost section of the BI-reports.
Permissions: Projects, Invoicing
How to create scheduled invoice
You can create scheduled invoices from a quote or by following these steps:
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Navigate to the existing project or create the new one
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Click on the Finances tab
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Navigate to Scheduled Invoicing
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Click on Add +
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You can select either an Invoice row, product or CPQ from the dropdown
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Update the fields in the row
Examples of scheduled invoices
1. In the example below, the project is set to be invoiced every two months for a
price of 360 €/month.
2. In the example below, the project is being invoiced in two installments. If the
project is worth 1000€ and is invoiced in two installments, 500€ in June, and
500€ in September, two scheduled payment rows have to be created for the
project.
Fields explained:
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Invoice date: The date when the row will appear on project's invoicing material and can be added to the invoice.
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Recurring: Define how often the invoice needs to be sent (calculated with time interval).
For example: you want the invoice to be repeated every three months, add 3 to the Recurrence field. The recurring field default is number 0, which means that invoice line is not recurring invoicing. -
Interval: This can be a day, week, month or no-repeat. You can set fs the invoice is recurring or not and time attribute by which the count is calculated.
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Until: Until what day the recurring payments are sent.
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Product/CPQ: If you are using the Products module, you can add products/CPQ bundle directly to the invoice row
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Scheduled invoice description: Here you name what you are invoicing
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Invoiced: Whether it has been invoiced or not
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Quantity: The quantity of what you are selling. For example 5 licenses
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Amount: The value
- VAT%: VAT percent of the row. Note! Depending on the used accounting software integration, VAT information may need to be chosen for the invoice row again after the invoice is created.
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Sum 0%: Total amount, VAT excluded
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Total: Total amount, VAT included