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How to create an Invoice?

Written by Support Team

ProfitBooks makes it very easy to create invoices. You can create 2 types of invoices with ProfitBooks:

1) Credit Invoice (Used when the payment is expected in future)
2) Cash Invoice (Used over the counter sales)

Before creating an invoice, check whether the product/service is added in item section. For adding new product/service, go to Items> Product/Services.


​Steps to create a Credit Invoice:
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From Income menu, click on Invoices. Click on New Invoice to create a new credit invoice.
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Now follow these steps:
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1) Select an existing customer by typing first few characters of his name. You can also create a new customer by clicking on the + icon. If this customer pays you in foreign currency, you will have to enter the exchange rate.
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2) If your invoice setting allows you to put your own number, please enter the Invoice Number, otherwise it will be auto generated based on the preferences.
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3) Enter the invoice date – it's the date on which invoice is raised. You can enter previous date as well if required.
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4) Enter the due date. This field will automatically populate the next week’s date. If you have mentioned the ‘Credit Days’ for a selected customer, due date will be calculated accordingly.
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5) Enter the purchase order reference number in PO Ref # field if this invoice is linked to a purchase.
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6) ProfitBooks lets you add up to 3 custom fields on invoices. You can edit them on Invoice Settings.
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7) Now, let's add the invoice items. Once you create a product from ‘Inventory’ screen, you’ll be able to select products from the dropdown list by just typing first few characters of the product name.
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8) Description will automatically appear for the products. However, you can make changes to it.
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9) Click on the Quantity field to enter the quantity. If inventory is enabled for the selected product, system will show the available quantity.
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10) Unit Cost will be populated automatically. However, you can update the price if required.
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11) Enter the discount in percentage.
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12) Select the appropriate tax from the list.
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13) You can add new items by clicking on the ‘Add New Row’ button
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14) Click on ‘Add Other Charge’ to record other changes like shipping charges, round-off amount, etc. You will have to create these accounts from the Chart of Accounts screen.
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15) You can also mention if the amounts are tax inclusive or exclusive.


16) Enter the Customer Notes and Terms & Conditions as per your business requirement.
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18) You can make the invoice repeat in future and schedule the frequency. Invoice will be automatically created and mailed to the customer at a scheduled time.
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19) Save the invoice. If you exit the screen without saving, the invoice will be saved as draft.
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20) Once its saved, you will see options to record payment, Edit or Delete, Settle, Email or print (creates PDF) the invoice as shown below.
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Similarly, create Cash Invoice.

Go to Income>Invoices.

Click on "New Invoice". You will get an option to make a Cash Invoice. Click on same.

Fill in all the details such as customer name, mobile number, email, GSTIN, place of supply, date, account type.
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Select Tax Inclusive (Yes/No), select the item, description, quantity, unit cost, discount, taxes, if applicable. You can also add customer notes and terms and conditions.
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Hope this guide was helpful.

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