In Active Collab, sending invoices to clients is quick and easy. You can create them manually or based on tracked time and expenses (learn more).
Only Owner users and Members with access to invoices and estimates can create and issue invoices (learn more).
Open Invoices.
Click +New Invoice
Select a client company or enter a new one.
Enter the address and choose a currency and a language in which you wish to issue the invoice.
Enter the invoice ID, which will be generated automatically for all subsequent invoices (see below).
Set the issue date and the due date.
Choose how you wish to add invoice items:
Add items manually or from a template.
Add a tax where applicable (learn more).
Add a discount (optional).
Add a note for the client or a private comment (optional).
Click Create Invoice.
After creating an invoice, you’ll be able to to preview and edit the draft:
Active Collab can create invoice IDs automatically, based on the invoice number you set for the first invoice. Here are a few examples:
Note that only dash (-) and slash (/) are recognized as separators, but not dot (.)
Open Invoices.
Open an unsent invoice.
Click Send by Email.
Enter one or more recipients.
Enter the email message.
Choose whether to allow online payments: full, partial, or not at all.
Click Send invoice.
When you send the invoice, your client will receive an email with the invoice PDF in the attachment.
If you enabled online payments , you’ll be notified when the client makes the payment. You can also manually mark an invoice as paid:
Go to Invoices
Select an invoice.
Click Mark Payment.
Enter the amount and the date.
Click Save Payment.
The invoice will then appear under Recently paid or Partially paid, depending on whether a full or partial payment has been made.
