Recurring Invoice
A recurring invoice is a template that creates and sends an invoice on a set schedule. Use it for work you bill the same way each time. Set it up once, then reuse it.
What it means
A recurring invoice suits any client you bill on a predictable pattern. Examples are a monthly maintenance contract, a weekly cleaning round or a standing retainer. You set the line items, the amount and the interval once. After that the invoice goes out on schedule, and you do not rebuild it from a blank page each time.
A recurring invoice needs one thing a one-off invoice does not: a regular check-in. A price change or a scope change can leave it out of date. So can a client who has quietly stopped needing the full service. The invoice keeps billing on autopilot long after the original arrangement stopped matching reality. Look at it every few months.
A monthly gutter-cleaning client is billed automatically on the 1st for $85. The amount and the line item stay the same, with no manual re-entry. Every few months you check the list of active recurring invoices to make sure nothing is out of date.
Setting a recurring invoice up once and never looking at it again. A scope or price change from six months ago then never reaches the amount you bill.
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