Questions
The questions people ask before they send an invoice
Each page takes one question, answers it in the first paragraph, then answers every other way people ask it. The tables and tools are further down, for when you want to apply the answer.
Purchase orders
What is a purchase order?
What a PO and a PO number are, who issues them, and what happens to an invoice that does not match one. Written for the person sending the invoice.
- What is a PO number?
- What is a PO number on an invoice?
- What is the difference between a purchase order and an invoice?
- What is a PO invoice?
- How do purchase orders and invoices work together?
- Do I need a PO number to invoice a client?
- Who issues the purchase order, the buyer or the seller?
- What happens if my invoice does not match the purchase order?
- Why does my invoice need a PO number to get paid?
- What is the best way to handle missing purchase order numbers on invoices?
Invoicing a client abroad
How do I invoice a client in another country?
Currency, bank details a foreign bank can use, IBAN vs SWIFT, and whether to charge VAT, with a country-by-country table of what a payer needs.
- How do I invoice international clients?
- How do I get paid from overseas without PayPal fees?
- What is an IBAN?
- What is the difference between a SWIFT code and an IBAN?
- Which currency should I invoice an overseas client in?
- Do I charge VAT to a client abroad?
- What bank details go on an invoice for a wire transfer?
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