Create an Itemized Invoice
An itemized invoice lists each good and service for which your customer is being
billed. This helps your customer to know the cost of individual goods and services.
To send a simple invoice instead, see Create a Simple Invoice.
Follow these steps to create and send an itemized invoice.
- Open the Visa Invoicing add-in in your Microsoft Outlook desktop application.
- Click theCreate list invoicetab.
- Enter the following field information:Invoice FieldsFieldDescriptionCustomer name*The customer's name or business name.Customer email*The customer's email address or business email address.Invoice number*A unique number for identifying an invoice. This number cannot change. It is also known as aninvoice ID.Description*A description of the billed goods or service for the invoice.Invoice due date*The date by which the invoice must be paid.Item name*The name of the listed good or service the customer is being billed for.Amount*The billed amount for the listed good or service.Quantity*The number of goods or services listed in the invoice.DiscountThe deducted amount from an itemized good or service amount. Choose a
fixed amount or a
percentage amount for the deducted amount.
TaxThe tax percentage amount to be added to the billed amount.ShippingThe fee amount for shipping the invoiced goods or services.Shipping TaxThe tax percentage amount to be added to the shipping fee.The asterisk (*) denotes that the field information is required. - To add listed items, clickAdd another itemand enter the field information.
- When you are done entering all of the listed item information, clickInsert invoice link.An invoice payment link is inserted into the email message body. If you are using aBusiness Centertest account, an additional test link is inserted for you to test paying the invoice in the test environment.
- Send the email message with the invoice link included in the message body.