How Do I Create Joint Invoices?
You can make a billing decision to generate a joint (combined or consolidated) invoice before billing or as part of the billing process. Your options are:
- Combine all projects (all the time) for a client – On the Client-Billing screen, mark the option ‘Default to Joint Invoice’. Web Suite automatically assigns a unique ‘J’ code to the billing records for these projects.
- Combine selected projects – On the Project-Details screen, check ‘Send as Joint Invoices’ option for each project record you want to bill jointly. Web Suite assigns a unique ‘J’ code to the billing records for these projects.
- Combine as a billing decision – On Billing Review, enter a unique code in the ‘J’ column of each billing record you want to combine onto a single invoice.
To generate a joint invoice:
- Click Billing on the navigation bar and then click the Billing Review tab.
- Choose View By: Client.
- In the From field, select a client for which you want to generate a joint invoice. Since the client for joint projects must be identical, select the same ID in the To field as well.
- Enter the billing Period and date (Today’s date is the default).
- When you have set the filters, click Refresh. Review all records displayed in the grid and decide which projects you want to join.
- Enter the same letter or number in the ‘J’ column of all such billing records. For example, enter the letter ‘j’ in the J column next to those records.
- To process these billing records, select each by checking the Bill column.
- Click Process to generate an invoice. The records will disappear here and appear as joint invoice in the Invoice Review screen.
- Click Close.