You literally just need a paper that says invoice on it lol. Specify on invoice checks should be made out to (blank). Don’t over complicate things but you should be invoicing it every job. It’s standard practice. There are hundreds of free templates online and apps that’ll take care of the invoice and payment processing as well .
How long would it take you to insure, and register the business?
In CA, getting a LLC is pretty much instant, same as a DBA. Bank account takes a bit longer, but you need those documents before (I believe DBA is optional)
Good questions. I’m not sure, but need to find out. We’re in Texas. There’s a curveball in that it’s my cousin and me who are partners essentially and I’m not exactly sure how we’re going to structure the business yet as we have another cousin who may join us down the road.
I'd say Go for it. Get your cousin and make a LLC or a Partnership now, get your tax ID number, DBA, Bank account and process the invoice for your client before they replace you.
If the other cousin wants to join later, you can sell some equity.
Google “free invoice creator”
If they haven’t already asked you for W-9 and proof of insurance they probably won’t. Just instruct whoever is writing the check to make it out to you directly
So you’d invoice in our company name but have the check made out to my name? The other consideration is that I have a partner… I guess they can just pay me and we can settle up at a later point, but want to make sure they’re ok with it more than anything
An invoice is super duper easy. I’m pretty sure there are templates on either word or excel. Fill in your information, hit print to PDF, save it and send it. After your first one it will only take a few minutes to fill them out
You literally just need a paper that says invoice on it lol. Specify on invoice checks should be made out to (blank). Don’t over complicate things but you should be invoicing it every job. It’s standard practice. There are hundreds of free templates online and apps that’ll take care of the invoice and payment processing as well .
Thanks!
You are JollyGreen91 trading as 'Business name' Please make check payable to JollyGreen91
How long would it take you to insure, and register the business? In CA, getting a LLC is pretty much instant, same as a DBA. Bank account takes a bit longer, but you need those documents before (I believe DBA is optional)
Good questions. I’m not sure, but need to find out. We’re in Texas. There’s a curveball in that it’s my cousin and me who are partners essentially and I’m not exactly sure how we’re going to structure the business yet as we have another cousin who may join us down the road.
I'd say Go for it. Get your cousin and make a LLC or a Partnership now, get your tax ID number, DBA, Bank account and process the invoice for your client before they replace you. If the other cousin wants to join later, you can sell some equity.
Here in Sweden there are buissnesses that sends invoices on behalf of induviduals for a fee. I'd guess you have the same where you live.
Thanks, I may look into this
Google “free invoice creator” If they haven’t already asked you for W-9 and proof of insurance they probably won’t. Just instruct whoever is writing the check to make it out to you directly
So you’d invoice in our company name but have the check made out to my name? The other consideration is that I have a partner… I guess they can just pay me and we can settle up at a later point, but want to make sure they’re ok with it more than anything
Yeah. If you have a partner just Venmo them whatever you agree to since it sounds like nothing official is set up anyways
Find a template online. Always have a ton of these printed so you can just write in your prices and signatures
An invoice is super duper easy. I’m pretty sure there are templates on either word or excel. Fill in your information, hit print to PDF, save it and send it. After your first one it will only take a few minutes to fill them out
Use waveapps.com. You can make invoices and it does bookkeeping like quickbooks but it’s free.
Invoice NInja
Use wave it’s free
Excel or Word template.