VAT Invoice Guides

If you are VAT registered, you usually have to give VAT-registered customers a VAT invoice. It must show specific details, including your VAT number and the VAT at each rate, or your customer may not be able to reclaim the VAT.

These guides explain what to include and how to create a correct invoice.

VAT Invoices

VAT on Invoices: What You Need to Include

What a valid VAT invoice has to show, how to lay out the VAT breakdown correctly, and the errors that get invoices bounced back by a client's accounts team.

9 min read

VAT Invoices

How to Create an Invoice

A complete guide to creating a professional invoice - what to include, how to number and structure it, setting payment terms, handling VAT, and getting paid on time.

13 min read

VAT Invoices

VAT Invoice vs Normal Invoice

What turns an ordinary invoice into a VAT invoice, who can issue one, and when you can use a simplified or modified VAT invoice instead - with a side-by-side checklist.

8 min read