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Answers for the small business that sells on account and has to know what it is owed: what e invoicing and a billing system actually change, what to automate and what never to, how dunning and reminders run from the due date, what accounts receivable software has to hold and the three figures it reads, the receivable process from invoice to cash, invoice tracking, the pro forma before the sale, the due date and the statement. Each page points at the free tool on this site that does the arithmetic.

• E invoice: an invoice kept as a record for a business billing on account

  What an e invoice is for a small business that sells on account, what electronic invoicing changes about getting paid, and what the system has to hold.

• Billing system for a small business selling on account: four records kept in step

  What a billing system has to do for a small business on account: the invoice, the statement, the payment applied and the balance, and what to leave out.

• Billing automation: invoicing and statements without typing the same figure twice

  What billing automation means for a small seller on account: invoices from the record, statements and reminders on a schedule, and what never to automate.

• Dunning management: the reminder schedule for a small seller on account

  How a small business runs dunning: the reminder schedule from the due date, what the overdue invoice email says, and what dunning software has to hold.

• Best accounts receivable software for a small business: the record and three figures

  How to choose accounts receivable software for a small business on account: the record it keeps, the three figures it reads, and what you do not need.

• Accounts receivable process: six steps from the invoice to the cash

  The accounts receivable process for a small business on account: terms, invoice, statement, reminder, payment applied, the reports and the days figure.

• Invoice tracking: what is out, what is overdue, and for how long

  What invoice tracking has to show a small business on account: open invoices by customer and age, payments applied, and the figures read from them.

• Pro forma invoice: what the document carries before the goods ship, and how it differs from the invoice that follows

  What a pro forma invoice is for a wholesaler or distributor, the lines, discount, tax and shipping it totals before the sale, and what it must not do.

• Invoice due date calculator: the invoice calculator for terms, due dates and totals on an account

  How an invoice due date follows from the terms, and what an invoice calculator totals: lines, discount, tax, shipping and the balance after payments.

• Billing statement sample: the opening balance, the period's invoices, payments and credits, and the closing balance due

  A billing statement sample for a small business on account, line by line: opening balance, invoices, payments, credits, closing balance, what to leave off.