invoice design

[joko]

I am making a new invoive template - for film and tv work

however the template i am using has lots of spare boxes that i cant delete

so can anyone think of any extra notes etc i could put in those boxes...?

i dont have to fill them all of course... but is there anything i should have or could have that would be a good addition?

the boxes i have at the moment are -

my name address contact etc
brief details of me
address of the compnay
name of production
'for the attebntion of :...'
invoice date
invoice number
date of job
job title
brief description of role if needed
fee per day
total fee
expenses details
expenses total
their ref num
their payment date
their notes
paid
cheques payable to
thank you


any ideas
thnaks

[4getmenot]

Not sure why you cant delete or even hide the boxes

[joko]

me neither...its supposed to be for another type of invoice and seems to be set...

[ummmm]

What are you using?

[B00]

Today's date?

[ummmm]

She's got invoice date and date of job..

[joko]

its just a template i downloaded...you can delete the text, but not the boxes...it says they are secure or something...

it had alsorts of stuff on it, and american so most of it wasnt any use

cheerrs

[twix123]

Why not create your own modelled on the template you downloaded, using Word, where you can include only the number of boxes you require?

[4getmenot]

Start from scratch using word x

[ummmm]

I use to use excel for my invoices. Takes a bit of tweaking but pretty easy.

[boxtops]

The invoices we sent out have our BACS details on them (account and sort code number) so customers can pay direct through the bank if they want to.

Payment due date?

I don't understand what you mean by "brief details of me" - that wouldn't usually go on an invoice, it would have been on your quotation of the original works.

You need to say also if you are VAT registered?

[boxtops]

If it's going to look like a letter head for you, why don't you design and include a logo for your business too?

[joko]

this is a nice fancy one though so i want to adapt it

i have a normal one too

brief details is just a note of the sorts of jobs i do...just like a header

[Twenty20]

Good heavens, you don't need to download a template for an Invoice. Basically, it just needs to be a letter (or even an email these days) with the relevant details included. Anything fancy is a bit of a waste. It will go to someone doing the Accounts and I doubt if they'll be impressed by a fancy Invoice, in fact they probably wont even notice it.

Keep it businesslike and professional rather than 'fancy'.

[ummmm]

I agree with twenty. Just put the info needed. Like s/he said, it'll go straight to the accounts department.

[joko]

when i say fancy, i just mean its a nice layout and formatting etc...there are no frills exactly

and i have beed using a plain invoice i made myself for years...i am aware what they should be like

i just found this template and decided id like to adapt it