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Invoice

An invoice is a final price offered to your clients after confirming a sale, outlining items, rates, and terms.

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Navigate to the Sales dropdown, select Invoice, and click "Add New" to create a new invoice.

Note: You can skip this step if you are generating the invoice directly from a quotation.

Invoice – Step 1: Create a New Invoice

🔹 Invoice Date (Required)
Select the date the invoice is issued.

🔹 Set Recurring (Optional)
Choose how often this invoice should repeat — Never, Weekly, Monthly, or Yearly. If you pick a recurring option, set a Start Date and End Date.

🔹 Payment Terms (Required)
Select by when customer should pay you.

  • Cash on delivery → Customer should pay you on the spot
  • 15 days → Customer should pay you within 15 days
  • 30 days → Customer should pay you within 30 days
  • 45 days → Customer should pay you within 45 days
  • 60 days → Customer should pay you within 60 days
  • 90 days → Customer should pay you within 90 days

🔹 Project Tags (Optional)
Assign tags to link the invoice with specific projects for easier tracking.

Invoice – Step 2: Insert Invoice Details

🔹 Client Name (Required)
Select or type your customer’s registered name. This links the invoice to the correct client profile.

🔹 Details
Auto-filled with the contact person and contact number once the client is selected.

Note: You can skip this step if you are generating the invoice directly from a quotation.

Invoice – Step 3: insert Client Details

🔹 Currency (Required)
Select the currency for the quotation (e.g., MYR for Malaysian Ringgit).

🔹 Items (Required)
Add the products or services being quoted. Complete the following fields for each item:

  • Description: Name of the product or service.
  • Quantity: Number of units.
  • Rate: Price per unit.
  • Tax (%): Applicable tax rate (e.g., SST 6%).
  • Amount: Automatically calculated as (Quantity × Rate) + Tax.

🔹 Subtotal
Displays the total amount before discounts or additional adjustments.

🔹 Discount (Optional)
Enter any discount amount or percentage offered to the client.

🔹 Total Amount
Shows the final payable amount after applying discounts.

Option 1: If your quotation is in MYR (Malaysian Ringgit), fill in the standard fields as listed.

Invoice – Step 4: Insert Item Details (1/2)

Option 2: If your quotation is in another currency, an additional Exchange Rate field will appear, which you must complete.

Invoice – Step 4: Insert Item Details (2/2)

🔹 Notes
Add any additional terms, conditions, or special instructions you want to share with your client (e.g., “Valid for 30 days”, “10% downpayment required to confirm”).

By default, a standard remark will be included automatically. You may click "Modify" to edit and personalize the remark as needed.

Invoice – Step 5: Include Remarks

Click the "Save" button to store the invoice details. invoice is created! 🎉

Invoice – Step 6: Save Invoice Details

Once invoice is created, the invoice will be created in Draft status, and an invoice number (e.g. INV-00001) will be automatically assigned.

To make changes, click "Edit", update the details as needed, and then click "Save" to store the updates.

Invoice – Step 7: Modify Invoice Details (Optional)

Click the Share button to send the quotation directly, either by WhatsApp or Email

  • WhatsApp – Contact number and default message autofill. Edit if needed, then Send.
  • Email – Email address and default message autofill. Edit if needed, then Send.

💡 Tip: Ensure client details (phone & email) are filled in so fields populate automatically.

Invoice – Step 8: Share the Quotation via WhatsApp or Email (1/2)
Invoice – Step 8: Share the Quotation via WhatsApp or Email (2/2)

Click the Confirm button to finalize invoice details.

Invoice – Step 9: Finalize Invoice Details (1/3)

A confirmation pop-up will appear, notifying you that once the invoice is created, it cannot be modified.

Invoice – Step 9: Finalize Invoice Details (2/3)

Once you click OK, the invoice status will be updated to Pending.

Invoice – Step 9: Finalize Invoice Details (3/3)

Navigate to the issued invoice, then click the “Record Payment” button to proceed.

Invoice – Step 10: Record Payment for Issued Invoice (1/2)

You will be redirected to the Sales Receipt Creation page. Some fields will be automatically populated based on the invoice details.

Invoice – Step 10: Record Payment for Issued Invoice (2/2)

For more information on creating sales receipt, please refer to the Sales Receipt section.

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