Guides

Guides for small businesses

Short, practical guides on bills, invoices and keeping your accounts — each with an example and a free format.

• Connect your WhatsApp number — step by step13 screenshots and a video: bills then go to customers on WhatsApp by themselves
• How to run a paan shop on InvoiceMate — 5 videosShop, items, morning and night shifts, udhaar and the owner's books — step by step
• Hotel bill format — what to includeRoom nights, meals and laundry as lines, tax, advance and balance — with a sample
• Cash memo, bill, invoice or receipt — which one?What each paper is for, what it must show, and one sale followed from bill to receipts
• How to keep the accounts of a small shopMorning cash, every sale, expenses, the evening count and the weekly check — with an example
• Payment receipt — how to write oneWho paid, how much, by what means, against which bill, and the balance — with a sample
• Delivery challan — what it is and how to fill itQuantities, packing, vehicle, the receiver's signature, and how it differs from the invoice
• How to make an invoice in PakistanWhat to put on it, numbering, sales tax, sending and getting paid
• Sales tax invoice in PakistanNTN and STRN, value, rate and tax — with a worked example and common mistakes
• How to write a quotation that gets acceptedItems, validity date, advance, what is not included, and turning it into a bill

For the UK and the US

• UK: what must be on a VAT invoiceHMRC's list, simplified invoices, the 20%, 5% and 0% rates
• UK: how to invoice as a sole traderWhat to show, payment terms, when VAT starts
• UK: late invoice — interest and reminders8% over base rate and fixed compensation
• US: how to make an invoiceSales tax, payment terms and getting paid
• US: what does Net 30 mean?Payment terms explained with dates
• US: invoice vs estimate vs receiptWhich to send when

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