Backdated invoices

Set or backdate the invoice date

Work isn’t always billed the day it’s finished. Set the issue date on any invoice yourself, including an earlier date when you’re invoicing after the fact, and Sendinvo keeps that date when you send. The due date follows your payment terms, so a late-written invoice still reads right.

Your first 3 invoices are free to send, no card needed.

How it works

Choose the date it should carry

1

Open the date field

On any invoice, the issue date sits with the rest of the details, set to today by default.

2

Set or backdate it

Pick the date the invoice should carry. Choose today, or an earlier date to backdate it. Future dates aren’t allowed.

3

The due date updates

Sendinvo works out the due date from that issue date and your payment terms, so it always lines up.

4

Send it as dated

The date you set is the date on the sent invoice, the email, and the PDF, exactly as you entered it.

The details

Dates you control, and dates you don’t

Most invoices are dated the day you write them, and that’s the default here too. But billing often runs behind the work, so you can set the issue date yourself, including an earlier date, and the invoice keeps it.

Backdate to the day the work belongs

Invoicing a job you finished last week, or catching up on a month of admin in one sitting? Set the issue date back to the date the invoice should carry, and Sendinvo keeps it all the way through: on the invoice, in the email, and on the PDF. For invoices you raise on a repeating cadence, recurring invoices can generate them for you instead.

The due date follows your terms

Change the issue date and the due date recalculates from your payment terms, so a backdated invoice shows the right due date with no maths from you. Set 14-day terms and backdate by a week, and the invoice is already halfway to due.

Forward dates go through scheduled send

Future issue dates are blocked, so an invoice can’t claim a date it hasn’t reached. When you want one to go out on a future day rather than carry a future date, schedule it to send later and it waits as a draft until then.

Invoices only

Setting the date is an invoice feature. Quotes and credit notes are dated the day you create them, and that date stays fixed.

Questions

Good to know

Can I set an invoice to an earlier date?

Yes. Set the issue date on any invoice to an earlier date to backdate it, and Sendinvo keeps that date when you send. You can date an invoice today or in the past, but future dates are blocked.

Does the due date change when I backdate?

Yes. The due date follows the issue date automatically, based on your payment terms, so when you backdate the issue date the due date moves with it. Change your terms and the due date recalculates.

Why can’t I set a future invoice date?

Future issue dates are blocked, so an invoice can’t carry a date it hasn’t reached. To send an invoice on a future day rather than give it a future date, schedule it to send later instead.

Can I backdate quotes or credit notes?

No. Setting the date is an invoice feature. Quotes and credit notes are dated the day you create them, and that date stays fixed.

Date every invoice the way it should read.

Start free, set the issue date on any invoice, and let the due date and the record follow.