«Should I get invoicing software or accounting software?» is one of the most common questions a new business owner runs into, and the confusion is understandable — many products blur the line on purpose, since accounting platforms include invoicing and some invoicing tools have basic bookkeeping bolted on. This guide draws a clear line between…
Independent contractors sit in an odd middle ground when it comes to invoicing software: not quite a pure freelancer billing by the hour from a laptop, and not a business with employees and inventory to manage. Whether you’re a general contractor, an electrician, a consultant working on 1099 contracts, or a specialized tradesperson, the software…
Every hour spent manually creating and sending the same invoice each month is an hour not spent on the work that actually grows your business — and manual invoicing isn’t just slower, it’s also where late payments quietly start. An invoice sent three days late because you forgot, or a follow-up reminder you never got…
If your work happens in the field — a job site, a client’s home, a coffee shop meeting — waiting until you’re back at a desk to send an invoice is a needless delay, and delayed invoices are one of the most common, most avoidable causes of delayed payment. A genuinely good mobile invoicing app…
If your business charges customers on a repeating schedule — a monthly membership, a retainer, a subscription box, a SaaS product — manually creating and sending the same invoice every billing cycle is exactly the kind of repetitive work software should be handling for you. This guide covers the range of options available, from the…
Both Invoice Ninja and Zoho Invoice are strong, genuinely free-to-start invoicing tools, but they’re built on very different philosophies. Invoice Ninja is open source at its core, with a self-hosted option that puts you in full control of your data. Zoho Invoice is a polished, fully hosted product backed by Zoho’s broader business software ecosystem….
An invoice is often the last piece of communication a client sees from you before they pay, and a cluttered, inconsistent, or unprofessional-looking one can quietly plant doubt about the quality of your work — even if the work itself was excellent. The good news is that a professional-looking invoice has almost nothing to do…
Search «free invoicing software» and you’ll find dozens of tools claiming the title, but a large share of them are trials in disguise — free for 14 or 30 days, then a paid subscription. This guide only covers invoicing tools with a real, ongoing free tier, and it flags the specific limits (client caps, invoice…
Most small business accounting problems aren’t caused by bad software — they’re caused by habits that seemed harmless in the moment and compounded quietly over months. By the time an owner notices, the fix often takes far longer than the original mistake would have taken to avoid. This guide walks through the mistakes that come…
Sales tax compliance is one of the least forgiving parts of running a small business. Rates vary by state, county, and sometimes even by city; product categories are taxed differently depending on where you sell; and since a 2018 Supreme Court ruling established «economic nexus,» a business can owe sales tax in a state it…