How to Invoice: 7 Questions You Were Afraid to Ask

Steps for successful invoicing

Invoicing doesn’t need to be a dreaded task. These steps will help you create great invoices, and get your invoicing process up to speed.

What is an invoice?
What exactly is an invoice? What does it do and what are the core building blocks that make one? Let’s take a look.
How to make an invoice that's taken seriously
You’ve done the work; now it’s payment time. Let’s walk through the process of making an invoice.
How to send an invoice
How you send invoices can have a big impact on how quickly you’re paid. Let’s look at some of the basics.
Accepting payments
The easier you make it for customers, the faster you’ll get paid. We’ll show you the options for accepting payments.
Sending payment requests
Following up on late payments is a job nobody likes, but it’s critical to business health. Let’s look at how to do it.
How to improve your invoicing process
Check out our tips for making the invoicing process simpler so it takes up less time and the money flows in sooner.
Invoicing checklists
Whether choosing invoicing software, getting paid fast, or avoiding mistakes, these checklists will keep you on track.
Tools and guides for your business
Running a business takes a lot of hard work. Xero’s got resources and solutions to help.

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