Ten currencies

Invoice in ten currencies

Nearly all your work is billed in pounds, and every invoice starts in sterling. When a job isn’t, set that one to euros or dollars and it stays in that currency from draft through to paid. CIS stays with your sterling invoices, and UK VAT goes on another currency only when you choose to charge it.

30 days of everything, free. No card needed.

Priya Patel · INV-0142 £4,200.00
The Corner Café · INV-0143 £1,850.00
Kilbride Lettings, Dublin · INV-0144 €3,150.00
Most of the list is in sterling. The one for the Dublin client stays in euros, from draft through to paid.
How it works

Sterling unless you say otherwise

1

Set the currency

An invoice or a quote starts in sterling, so a job for a household or a business here needs nothing extra. Change it on the ones billed abroad and every line, the total, and the PDF read in that currency.

2

It stays in that currency

Sendinvo never converts and never blends. A euro invoice is still in euros when it’s paid, so the figure your client agreed is the figure they settle.

3

Your client pays in it

They pay by card in the invoice’s own currency through Stripe, with nothing converted at their end. Instant bank payment is sterling only.

4

Nothing gets added together

Your invoice list totals each currency on its own, and a client statement gets a section per currency, so euros are never counted into your sterling figure.

The details

The currency belongs to the invoice, not to your account

Nearly everything you send is in pounds. Now and then a job isn’t: a client in Dublin, or the owner of a holiday let who pays out of a euro account. Set that one invoice in euros and nothing else about your account moves.

One currency, start to finish

Pick the currency when you create an invoice or a quote, and the whole document reads in it: every line, the total, and the PDF. Sendinvo never converts, so a euro draft is still in euros when it’s paid. A credit note takes the currency of the invoice it credits, so a variation is credited in the currency you billed it in, and an accepted quote carries its currency into the invoice.

CIS stays with sterling, and VAT is your choice

The CIS deduction and the reverse charge apply to sterling invoices only. An invoice in euros or dollars charges no UK VAT unless you say so: if your company is VAT registered, tick Charge UK VAT on this invoice and enter the exchange rate, the date it’s for, and where it came from, HMRC’s monthly rate or the market rate on the day. The VAT is then worked out as on a sterling invoice, in the invoice’s currency, with the VAT in sterling stated beside it.

Getting paid in that currency

Your client pays by card in the invoice’s own currency through Stripe, with nothing converted at their end. Each currency has its own Stripe minimum, and below it the pay page shows your bank details instead. Instant bank payment is sterling only. On your invoice list and on a client statement, each currency is totalled on its own, so euros are never added into your sterling figure.

Questions

Good to know

Which currencies can I invoice in?

Ten: GBP, USD, EUR, AUD, CAD, NZD, CHF, SEK, NOK, and DKK. Sterling is the default, so an ordinary invoice needs nothing changed. A quote can be raised in any of them, and a credit note takes the currency of the invoice it credits.

Does Sendinvo convert between currencies?

No. Each invoice stays in the currency you chose, from draft through to paid. Nothing is added across currencies either: your invoice list totals each one on its own, and a client statement gets a section per currency.

Can I put CIS or VAT on a euro invoice?

Not CIS: the CIS deduction and the reverse charge apply to sterling invoices only. VAT if you choose: a VAT-registered company can tick Charge UK VAT on an invoice or quote in another currency and enter the exchange rate, and the VAT is then stated in sterling beside the invoice’s own figures. Left unticked, an invoice in euros or dollars charges no VAT.

Can my client pay a euro invoice by card?

Yes, in the invoice’s own currency through Stripe, so nothing is converted at their end. Each currency has its own Stripe minimum, and below it the pay page shows your bank details instead. Instant bank payment is sterling only.

Bill the odd job in its own currency.

Sterling by default, with ten currencies there when a job needs one, and nothing converted or blended. 30 days of everything, free. No card needed.