Wednesday, 10 April 2013

Creating professionally formatted invoices

By Susan Bapsnill


Generating professionally formatted quotes and invoices is an often overlooked way to create a positive impression of your small business. If you do this right your quotes and invoices can nurture trust in your clients and keep them coming back again and again.

To issue professionally formatted invoices you need to focus on 3 important topics. If your business put effort into getting these 3 key points right your business is well on the road to professional invoicing. You firstly need to look at the invoices\' look and feel. How does the invoice look to your customers?

Second is important information. What information needs to be on your businesses\' invoices? Data like the client\'s business name and address need to be included as well as many other required fields if you want to issue tax invoices.

And the last point is spelling. Now that you have your layout and required fields determined you need to make sure that your content is correct. The integrity of the data you populate your invoice fields with is vital.

Let us look at each of these vital considerations in more detail below:

Look & feel

You do not need to be a designer to make a professionally laid out invoice with necessary logo, colouring and layout to match. Check the internet for examples of how correctly laid out invoices look or invest in software or a system to automatically make these invoices for you. A lot of online systems will let you to make invoices for free while some ask a nominal monthly or once-off fee.

Important information

By law, certain fields are needed to be displayed on the quotes and invoices you create. This is a crucially important point to take note of if your business sends tax invoices. Contact your local taxation control authorities to determine which fields are required to appear on your businesses quotes and invoices.

Correct spelling

Always pay attention to spelling and grammar on quotes and invoices. This kind of attention to detail gives a good image to your clients. The worst sin in invoice making is getting your customer\'s name or business name wrong. Double checking this data takes a matter of minutes, but the result can be making a loyal client for life. So if possible do your best to check your quotes and invoices are free from spelling errors.

So listen to the secrets above and put it to work in your business. You might just be shocked at the great rewards you get.




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