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How-to guide

Send your first invoice

From the job to the customer's inbox — with the tax right the first time.

1

Start from the job

Open the job and build the invoice from it — the labour hours your crew clocked are already there. Add parts and materials as lines.

No job? Go to Invoicing → New invoice and pick the customer (or type a new name — it's created on the spot).

2

Let the tax do itself

GST and PST are set per line from your province's rules — materials and labour can differ, and the invoice shows the split (e.g. GST 5% / PST 7%) instead of one mystery lump. Tax-exempt lines? Flag them per line.

3

Send it

Tap Send — your customer gets an email with a secure link to the invoice, carrying your business name and logo.

4

Get paid

If you've connected your Stripe account (Settings), the invoice link carries a Pay now button — card payment lands directly in your account, and the invoice marks itself paid.

Paid by e-transfer, cheque or cash? Mark it paid manually. Either way your books update on their own.

Deposits and progress billing: record a deposit against the invoice and the balance updates; General Contractor plans add change orders and progressive billing on top.

Books that keep themselves

Every invoice, payment and expense lands in your P&L as it happens — not at ten at night.

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