Tips, guides, and insights to help UK businesses get paid faster and stay HMRC-compliant.
The difference between a proforma invoice, a VAT invoice and a receipt in the UK, when to use each, and why a proforma is not a VAT document.
A step-by-step guide to invoicing as a UK sole trader: what to put on the invoice, your legal name, numbering, payment terms and getting paid faster.
How to invoice under the Construction Industry Scheme: CIS deductions (20%/30%/0%), labour vs materials, VAT reverse charge, and a worked example.
When UK freelancers and small businesses must register for and charge VAT, the £90,000 threshold, voluntary registration, and how to invoice with VAT.
A free UK invoice template plus exactly what an invoice must include to be HMRC-compliant — for freelancers, sole traders and small businesses.
UK VAT rates explained: standard 20%, reduced 5%, zero-rated, exempt, the £90,000 registration threshold, and what a VAT invoice must show.
Recurring invoices explained for UK businesses: frequencies, Direct Debit collection, dunning, proration, the VAT tax point and common mistakes.
A complete guide to UK statutory interest rates for overdue invoices, including the Late Payment of Commercial Debts Act.