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.

Issue date, set by you 28 February
Due in 14 days
Due date, from those terms 14 March
Date on the sent invoice, email, and PDF 28 February
Backdate the issue date and the due date follows your payment terms.
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, an earlier date to backdate it, or a date ahead for work you’re billing in advance.

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.

Date it ahead, and it sends on the day

Invoicing in advance is ordinary: write the invoice today, date it the 1st, and have it arrive on the 1st. While an invoice is dated ahead, Send waits, because an invoice shouldn’t reach your client carrying a date it hasn’t reached. Instead you schedule it to send, and the picker won’t offer a day before the issue date.

Say when the work was actually done

A UK VAT invoice has to show a tax point, and the issue date only counts as one when the invoice goes out within 14 days of the work. Tick “Include supply date” and state when the work happened: a single date, or a period if it ran over one. It appears on the document, the PDF, and the page your client opens, which is what makes a late-sent invoice correct.

Invoices only

Setting the date is an invoice feature. A credit note is dated the day you create it. A quote is re-dated when you send it, so its validity window starts when the client actually receives it.

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 in the past, today, or ahead.

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.

Can I date an invoice in the future?

Yes. Write it today and date it the 1st. While the date is still ahead, Send waits and Sendinvo points you to scheduled send, which won’t offer a day before the issue date, so the invoice never reaches your client carrying a date it hasn’t reached.

Can I backdate quotes or credit notes?

No. Setting the date is an invoice feature. A credit note is dated the day you create it. A quote is re-dated when you send it, so its validity window starts when the client actually receives it.

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.