invoicing

[naty7980]

been asked by a client to invoice them for work we did for them plus 10% which is a fee they are going to pass on to their customer! This is all well and good but they've asked us to write the invoice so it looks like there is no 10% added.......just that the whole invoice is our bill. However, surely this will unbalance our books? Could anybody shed any light on is this normal practice and / or are we missing something?

[buildersmate]

No it isn't normal. Since your contract is with your 'client', what you invoice is for the work done by you for them.
If they want to charge their client a different figure then they should be explaining what the cost of their goods and services are to their client.

[Skyline D]

Well, unbalancing your books is fairly irrelevant since clearly you could also do them a credit note for the balance and send that to them too leaving them to only show the invoice to their client and not the credit note.

However, by doing so you are supporting what is fundamentally fraud so on your own head be it if it comes back to you in some way if you decide to do so.

Is it normal practice? Well, I'd imagine in the real world it probably happens a lot. It's illegal though.

[naty7980]

Thanks for your help, there was some mention to us about a credit note but being new to all of this i did'nt really follow what they meant. We were pretty sure that something about it was not right so now i have your advice i'll go ahead and write them a regular invoice and they can like it or lump it lol

[solera]

Hold on please "like it or Lump it 10% I guess you have not been paid yet ,do you want to be paid fairly quickly, talk to them and get something sorted you may want to carry out work for them in the future. I can understand how you feel but you are living and working in todays world and do not do anything hastily you may later regret.