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Ways to avoid late payments from customers
Late payers hamper cash flow. Five ways to prevent it — vetting customers, agreeing terms up front, reminders, early payment discounts and payment options.
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Benefits of free invoicing software
Four benefits of free invoicing software — no cost, a proper billing aid, accuracy equal to paid versions, and time saved as your invoice volume grows.
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What are ghost bills?
A ghost invoice bills you for something never delivered. How it differs from acquisition fraud and phishing, the tricks scammers use, and how to stop them.
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What is a packing note?
A packing note — or delivery note — travels with the goods and lists what is in the box. What it contains, how it differs from the invoice, and why prices.
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What is a quote, and how do you make one?
A quote is an offer drawn up from a customer request. The seven things a quotation must contain, how it differs from a webshop offer, and how to create one.
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What is a VAT number?
What a VAT number is, the format it takes per country, the three ways to verify one, and when your customer's number belongs on the invoice as well as yours.
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Tips for entrepreneurs: the VAT return
VAT is collected by you and owed to the government, not earned. How the return works, why the money is never yours, and the habits that make filing a report.
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Chamber of Commerce connection
Look up a company's address details and Chamber of Commerce number by company name — no more searching for a KvK number by hand when you add a customer.
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A proforma invoice, what is that?
A proforma invoice is not an official invoice — you do not pay it, and it does not go in your books. What it is for, what it looks like, and what follows it.
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