Consultants and service providers
Several clients, several projects, and a rate you have to justify. An invoice that itemises the work is part of selling the next one.
We hear these every week
Three things that cost money
Mistakes in a hand-made invoice
A missing line, the wrong number of hours, a forgotten trip. An error moves the payment date, and some of the work done never gets billed at all.
Tax and expenses
What is deductible and how expenses are recorded. See deductions and tax-free travel allowances, which apply to light entrepreneurs too.
The client cannot read the invoice
An invoice without a breakdown produces questions, and questions produce delay. An itemised one goes through without a phone call.
Consulting is rarely one project at a time. It is three clients, two pricing models and a billing cycle that lands on a different day for every one of them.
An invoicing service takes the administration out of that: the invoice goes out in our name, the payment is followed, and the fee is paid to you as wages with the tax withheld. You keep the client relationship, the rate and the way you work.
If you are setting a day rate, consultant pay in Finland works out what is left of a billed figure once everything is taken off it.
No conditions, no small print
What we promise
- An itemised invoice. The work line by line, travel and expenses on their own lines, VAT visible.
- A check before it goes out. We read the invoice through, because a corrected invoice is paid later than a right one.
- Debt collection if you need it. If the client does not pay, debt collection begins at your request. It is an additional service, not part of the base price.
The first invoice can go out today
Three steps
- 1Agree the assignmentThe client, the work and the price are yours. We do not interfere with either.
- 2Raise the invoiceItemise the hours, the travel and the expenses. The fee statement is worked out at the same time, so you see the net before you send.
- 3Get paidThe same working day the payment reaches us. The calculator shows the figure in advance.
Frequently asked
- Can travel and expenses go on the same invoice as the work?
- Yes, on their own lines. The invoice itemises the work line by line, travel and expenses separately, and the VAT visibly, which is what lets a client approve it without asking you what a figure covers.
- What happens if a client disputes the invoice?
- We read every invoice through before it goes out, because a corrected invoice is paid later than a right one. If a client still does not pay, debt collection begins at your request and we handle it with our partner.
- Can I invoice agency work through the service?
- No. A staffing company that hires out labour is the employer, so work done at the user company cannot be invoiced through an invoicing service. The other limits are collected in this post.
- Can the client be abroad?
- Yes. How VAT is handled follows the client's country and what the work concerns, and that is our responsibility. One exception is worth knowing in advance, since work connected to a specific property is taxed where the property is. See invoicing a client abroad.
Tell us what you invoice, and we will work out which plan fits.
A free conversation, at our office or online. We go through whether light entrepreneurship makes sense in your situation, which plan works out cheapest for what you invoice, and whether you want the accident and liability cover. The conversation commits you to nothing.