[{"question":{"category_id":323115,"account_id":12867,"created_at":"2024-02-23T21:14:57.000Z","tag_names":["cash flow stage billing","estimate progress invoice","milestone invoicing","one big invoice vs many","partial payments","progress invoices","progress invoicing quickbooks","project invoice","qbo progress invoicing setup","stage billing"],"answer_sample":"If you bill in stages — for example, a contractor billing 25% at signing, 25% at ","long_answer_sample":"If you bill in stages — for example, a contractor billing 25% at signing, 25% at framing, 25% at drywall, 25% at completion — you have two ways to structure the receivable: progress invoices (multiple smaller invoices issued as work progresses) or one large invoice with partial payments. This article covers the trade-offs and when each pattern is th","language_id":1,"id":2428271,"last_published_date":"May 31st, 2026","last_published_avatar":"\u003cimg class=\"avatar circle\" width=\"96\" height=\"96\" style=\"background: url(\u0026quot;/initials_avatars/TA?bg=e0633a\u0026amp;s=192\u0026amp;fg=fff\u0026quot;) 0% 0% / 96px 96px;\" src=\"https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/841e7ea85ebda058cdd7ee30638e7bee.png?s=96\u0026amp;d=blank\" /\u003e","last_published_user_name":"Thomas Aronica","indexable_body":"bill stages — example, contractor billing 25% signing, framing, drywall, completion two ways structure receivable progress invoices (multiple smaller issued work progresses) one large invoice partial payments. article covers trade-offs pattern better fit business. job works create separate stage ready bill. due date balance. customer pays arrives. collect 100% next ships. + payments big full amount, allow on. portions progresses. stays open running balance final payment closes out. usually stage-billed jobs, win three dimensions cleaner a/r aging. $40,000 sits $30,000 months drags aging hard. four $10,000 invoices, paid within 30 days completes, keep report healthy. faster cash flow. can prove done. customers pay promptly corresponds deliverable just received, vs. fully consumed yet. easier collections. goes late, strong, specific conversation \"we delivered framing april 1, $10,000, please pay.\" compared chasing balance, squishier. customer's procurement requires po per project. enterprise cut whole job. break need po. well-defined advance. predict project will split it, honest fabricating milestones. short jobs. total \u0026lt;$5,000 finishes week, overhead multiple worth it. patterns show biller genie reflects whatever set accounting software appear series independent grid. reminder cadence, autopay state, now link. individually pays. appears single entries timeline. reduces hits zero. reminders continue (referencing remaining balance) closes. record see allowing . setting invoicing quickbooks online native feature converts estimate staged invoices. high-level workflow turn invoicing. qbo, go settings (gear icon) \u0026gt; account sales. find section toggle save. (e.g. $40,000) detailed line items stage. issue completes. estimate, click choose portion (percentage total, dollar items). track qbo automatically subtracts estimate's always know left syncs invoice. grid follow normal cadence settings. maintains parent-estimate relationship; sees individual complete instructions (including template setup), intuit's documentation step-by-step guides support search \"progress invoicing.\" desktop qbd supports estimate. enable edit preferences jobs \u0026amp; estimates (company tab), check \"do invoicing\" use percentage amount. generated individually. xero estimate\" way. manually quotes used template, created independently. like other. best practices spell original / contract. exist bills first dates match delivery. net 15 \"stage delivered\" lands \"estimate signed.\" ship previous (or part, depending policy). main reason improves flow natural gating mechanism. memo description ties delivered. 2 4 completed 2026-04-15\" beats 2.\" consider repeating-stage clients. rhythm repeatedly (monthly retainer plus monthly work), smooths further. related articles schedule per-customer overrides","name":"Progress Invoices vs. Partial Payments: Best Practices","votes":0,"is_published":true,"slug":"setting-up-progress-invoices-in-quickbooks-online","first_category":"Invoices \u0026 Items","categories_display_for_views":"Invoices \u0026 Items","parent_categories":[323115],"is_internal":false,"is_private":false,"extra_categories":[],"url":"/invoices/setting-up-progress-invoices-in-quickbooks-online?from_search=237968299","host":"https://helpcenter.billergenie.com","body_txt":"bill stages — example, contractor billing 25% signing, framing, drywall, completion two ways structure receivable progress invoices (multiple smaller issued work progresses) one large invoice partial payments. article covers trade-offs pattern better fit business. job works create separate stage ready bill. due date balance. customer pays arrives. collect 100% next ships. + payments big full amount, allow on. portions progresses. stays open running balance final payment closes out. usually stage-billed jobs, win three dimensions cleaner a/r aging. $40,000 sits $30,000 months drags aging hard. four $10,000 invoices, paid within 30 days completes, keep report healthy. faster cash flow. can prove done. customers pay promptly corresponds deliverable just received, vs. fully consumed yet. easier collections. goes late, strong, specific conversation \"we delivered framing april 1, $10,000, please pay.\" compared chasing balance, squishier. customer's procurement requires po per project. enterprise cut whole job. break need po. well-defined advance. predict project will split it, honest fabricating milestones. short jobs. total \u0026lt;$5,000 finishes week, overhead multiple worth it. patterns show biller genie reflects whatever set accounting software appear series independent grid. reminder cadence, autopay state, now link. individually pays. appears single entries timeline. reduces hits zero. reminders continue (referencing remaining balance) closes. record see allowing . setting invoicing quickbooks online native feature converts estimate staged invoices. high-level workflow turn invoicing. qbo, go settings (gear icon) \u0026gt; account sales. find section toggle save. (e.g. $40,000) detailed line items stage. issue completes. estimate, click choose portion (percentage total, dollar items). track qbo automatically subtracts estimate's always know left syncs invoice. grid follow normal cadence settings. maintains parent-estimate relationship; sees individual complete instructions (including template setup), intuit's documentation step-by-step guides support search \"progress invoicing.\" desktop qbd supports estimate. enable edit preferences jobs \u0026amp; estimates (company tab), check \"do invoicing\" use percentage amount. generated individually. xero estimate\" way. manually quotes used template, created independently. like other. best practices spell original / contract. exist bills first dates match delivery. net 15 \"stage delivered\" lands \"estimate signed.\" ship previous (or part, depending policy). main reason improves flow natural gating mechanism. memo description ties delivered. 2 4 completed 2026-04-15\" beats 2.\" consider repeating-stage clients. rhythm repeatedly (monthly retainer plus monthly work), smooths further. related articles schedule per-customer overrides","categories":{"current":{"id":323115,"name":"Invoices \u0026 Items","url":"/invoices"}},"category_param":"invoices"}},{"question":{"category_id":323115,"account_id":12867,"created_at":"2023-11-14T21:15:02.000Z","tag_names":["create invoice","new invoice biller genie","add invoice","invoice line items","invoice due date","invoice memo","invoice in biller genie","manual invoice creation"],"answer_sample":"Biller Genie is designed to work alongside the accounting software you're already","long_answer_sample":"Biller Genie is designed to work alongside the accounting software you're already using — most of the time, invoices are created in QuickBooks (or Xero) and sync into Biller Genie automatically. But Biller Genie can also create invoices directly when you don't have your accounting software handy or when you need to bill a one-off customer quickly. T","language_id":1,"id":2297802,"last_published_date":"May 31st, 2026","last_published_avatar":"\u003cimg class=\"avatar circle\" width=\"96\" height=\"96\" style=\"background: url(\u0026quot;/initials_avatars/TA?bg=e0633a\u0026amp;s=192\u0026amp;fg=fff\u0026quot;) 0% 0% / 96px 96px;\" src=\"https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/841e7ea85ebda058cdd7ee30638e7bee.png?s=96\u0026amp;d=blank\" /\u003e","last_published_user_name":"Thomas Aronica","indexable_body":"biller genie designed work alongside accounting software using — time, invoices created quickbooks (or xero) sync automatically. can create directly handy need bill one-off customer quickly. article walks paths. come pulls two sources, end place software. online, desktop (via magiccarpet ), xero. new next sync, sent, paid, reconciled genie. invoice genie, synced back sales receipt journal entry. flows systems way qbo qbd directly. either path produces result tracked goes messenger . best practice merchants, creating cleanest path. records, item catalog, tax rates, accounts there. connected, every automatically double entry, opportunity drift systems. online use \"save close,\" send\" qbo, finish save close. tells email itself, creates duplicate syncs sends it. want handle send, manually merchants find easier just always close let sending. merchant portal, click left nav. invoice. pick customer. start typing customer's name; shows matches list. exist yet, first will add line items. set quantity amount per item. number, date, due date. auto-suggests override optional po custom message, memo. flow receives finalize based settings. work-in-progress without sending yet draft status holds gets shown columns, footer text, template (classic / modern simple), pdf formatting defaults includes payment qr code (if enabled), branding, one-click portal access link body. configure control panel \u0026gt; whether qbo/qbd uses look. default save, fires immediately within seconds. send manual action different email, cc additional addresses, paper mail addition email. hold (see ) ready. editing voiding sent open edit. updates trigger updated message knows changed. applies outstanding balance immediately. error needs canceled, void page. software, reminders stop firing. refunding paid) refund record saved method credited. frequently asked questions show yes. invoice, entry (depending configuration). sees yes inline. made mistake sent. fix edit small (a wrong amount, typo memo). communication turned on. large (wrong customer, altogether), one cleaner trying massively rewrite existing record. bulk-create genie's strength processing scale bulk software's bulk-invoice features rest. genie-created invoicing, reach subscribersuccess guidance right approach volume. related articles setting","name":"How To Create An Invoice","votes":0,"is_published":true,"slug":"how-to-create-an-invoice","first_category":"Invoices \u0026 Items","categories_display_for_views":"Invoices \u0026 Items","parent_categories":[323115],"is_internal":false,"is_private":false,"extra_categories":[],"url":"/invoices/how-to-create-an-invoice?from_search=237968299","host":"https://helpcenter.billergenie.com","body_txt":"biller genie designed work alongside accounting software using — time, invoices created quickbooks (or xero) sync automatically. can create directly handy need bill one-off customer quickly. article walks paths. come pulls two sources, end place software. online, desktop (via magiccarpet ), xero. new next sync, sent, paid, reconciled genie. invoice genie, synced back sales receipt journal entry. flows systems way qbo qbd directly. either path produces result tracked goes messenger . best practice merchants, creating cleanest path. records, item catalog, tax rates, accounts there. connected, every automatically double entry, opportunity drift systems. online use \"save close,\" send\" qbo, finish save close. tells email itself, creates duplicate syncs sends it. want handle send, manually merchants find easier just always close let sending. merchant portal, click left nav. invoice. pick customer. start typing customer's name; shows matches list. exist yet, first will add line items. set quantity amount per item. number, date, due date. auto-suggests override optional po custom message, memo. flow receives finalize based settings. work-in-progress without sending yet draft status holds gets shown columns, footer text, template (classic / modern simple), pdf formatting defaults includes payment qr code (if enabled), branding, one-click portal access link body. configure control panel \u0026gt; whether qbo/qbd uses look. default save, fires immediately within seconds. send manual action different email, cc additional addresses, paper mail addition email. hold (see ) ready. editing voiding sent open edit. updates trigger updated message knows changed. applies outstanding balance immediately. error needs canceled, void page. software, reminders stop firing. refunding paid) refund record saved method credited. frequently asked questions show yes. invoice, entry (depending configuration). sees yes inline. made mistake sent. fix edit small (a wrong amount, typo memo). communication turned on. large (wrong customer, altogether), one cleaner trying massively rewrite existing record. bulk-create genie's strength processing scale bulk software's bulk-invoice features rest. genie-created invoicing, reach subscribersuccess guidance right approach volume. related articles setting","categories":{"current":{"id":323115,"name":"Invoices \u0026 Items","url":"/invoices"}},"category_param":"invoices"}}]