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Issue an electronic invoice

Turn a certified valuation into a compliant electronic invoice, issue it in the structured format your client and tax authority accept, then track it through to paid and reconciled.

3 steps10 minGeneral contractorSpecialist subcontractorCost consultant / QS

How it works, step by step

3 steps across the platform - what you do at each one, and why it matters.

1

Confirm the amount to invoice

Contracts

Take the certified valuation for the period, deduct retention and everything already invoiced, and confirm the tax treatment and any reverse-charge rule that applies to the works.

Why: An invoice raised for more than was certified gets rejected, and one that mishandles the tax gets bounced by the buyer or the authority. Starting from the agreed figure is what gets it accepted first time.

InCertified valuationPrevious invoicesTax & reverse-charge rulesOutNet amount to invoiceConfirmed tax treatment
2

Issue the electronic invoice

Finance

Generate the invoice as a structured electronic document, with the buyer reference, line detail and tax breakdown the standard requires, and send it through the channel your client mandates.

Why: More countries and public clients now refuse a paper or PDF invoice outright and only accept a structured e-invoice. Issuing the compliant format means the invoice is machine-read and booked instead of sitting in a rejection queue.

InNet amount to invoiceBuyer referenceE-invoice standardOutStructured e-invoiceDelivered to client
3

Track it to paid

Reconciliation

Watch the invoice through received, approved and paid, chase anything stuck past its due date, and reconcile the amount that lands against what you issued.

Why: An issued invoice is not money until it is paid, and a short payment slips by unnoticed unless you match it back. Tracking every one to settlement is how the cash you earned actually reaches the account.

InIssued invoicePayment due dateRemittance receivedOutPayment receivedReconciled invoice

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