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> Hi all,
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> I've been lurking for a month or so, and now I have a question--how do
you
> independent contractors handle your invoicing for clients? I've always
> worked W-2 or 1099, but now I need to do my own invoicing and would
love
> to
> see some examples of others invoice designs.
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> If anyone has one they'd be willing to share, that would be great!
>
> Julia
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Ok first of all let me preface by saying that my experience with
contracting and submitting invoices comes in the context of working 40
hours full time on site for a single client. If this is not your
situation, the following may not be applicable.
Having said that, I created an 2-sheet invoice workbook in Excel. The
detail sheet (sheet 2) lists days, hours, contract hourly rate, and has
a "comment" line for each day to record details of project(s) worked.
The summary sheet (sheet 1) has a table listing the week, hours, rate,
and total for the period (I turned my invoices in bi-weekly). This
sheet also had a unique invoice number (a little trick I used involving
Excel's date coding), address information (client and mine), date
submitted, and lines for my own and authorized purchaser signatures.
The summary sheet was always considered sufficient, but I kept copies of
detail sheets in case there were questions from Finance or Accounting
executives or some auditing requirements. None ever arose, but better to
be safe than sorry.
I should note that for about the first month I actually used a
hand-written invoice pad purchased from some office supply place, and
this was always considered sufficient. But I wanted something that
looked more professional so I created the Excel solution on my own.
After I started using it, the client company adopted it for use with all
on-site contractors, so I still sometimes get questions about it from
people with whom I've never directly worked.
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