Module 5 of 8 in Money, for people who work for themselves

The invoice that gets paid

You can send an invoice that has every legally required field and is built to get paid without you chasing it.

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Alex finishes a video edit at 11pm and opens a blank invoice template, mostly copied from one he found two years ago. He isn't sure if he needs a VAT number. He doesn't — he's a US contractor billing a US client — but nothing on the template tells him that, so he stares at an empty field for a minute before deleting it.

Marta finishes a logo package the same week and has the opposite problem: her invoice needs fields Alex has never heard of, and if she leaves the wrong one off, her client's accountant sends it straight back. Two freelancers, one job each, two completely different legal documents, and neither of them taught this in school.

Fifteen possible fields. Marta's invoice needs exactly the ones that apply.

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