Invoices

Introduction

The invoices that the dealership issues, with their documents and numbers

The Invoices page lists every invoice that the dealership has raised. Each invoice has a PDF document that the dashboard generates when the invoice is saved.

What the area contains

PartPurpose
Invoice listOne row for each invoice, with search, a date filter, sorting and selectable columns.
Invoice formThe form for a new or changed invoice, with a preview of the document beside it.
Invoice pageThe generated document, the lines, the internal notes and the figures of one invoice.
Payment detailsSaved bank, PayPal, cryptocurrency or other instructions that print on an invoice.

Guides

Access

The invoice area uses four permissions.

PermissionWhat it allows
ReadOpen the Invoices page and every invoice, and download documents.
CreateRaise a new invoice. The permission is named Raise Invoices.
UpdateEdit an invoice and change whether the customer sees it. The permission is named Edit Invoices & Settings and also opens the invoice settings page.
DeleteDelete an invoice.

The owner and manager roles hold all four permissions by default. The staff role holds none of them. The dealership can open Invoice Access, Raise Invoices and Edit Invoices & Settings for the staff role.

Invoice numbers

The dashboard numbers the invoices of a dealership in sequence. The first invoice receives the number 1, the second the number 2, and so on. A new invoice receives its number when it is saved, so the form shows no number before that moment.

The printed number combines a prefix and the sequence number, padded with zeros. The default form is INV-00000001. The prefix and the padding are set on the invoice settings page.

Company details and defaults

The company address, the tax number, the signature image and the default language, formats and texts are set on the invoice settings page, under Settings. The invoice form shows a note with a link to that page when the company address is empty. In that case the invoice document has no address block.

Notes

  • An invoice has no paid or unpaid status. The only control over the life of an invoice is whether the customer sees it on the shared customer page.
  • The dashboard does not match payments to invoices. An invoice never shows a balance due.
  • The dashboard has no default tax rate. The tax is entered on each invoice.
  • The dashboard has no electronic signature for invoices. A signature image from the invoice settings prints on the document.
  • The dashboard does not write an invoice into the ledger. A payment against an invoice is a transaction that the team records separately.