The lists of invoices allow you to view and search all of the invoices in your WHMCS installation. You can view lists of invoices at Billing > Invoices.
You can navigate away from the invoice at any time during this process and return to it later. WHMCS will store the invoice as a draft and it will not be visible to the customer until you have published it.
The due date for manually-created invoices defaults to the same number of days in the future as you allow for automatic invoice generation. You can customize this via the Options tab when managing an invoice.
To find and view invoices, use the following methods:
Click the invoice ID or, in WHMCS 8.9 and later, click View in the list of invoices to view the desired invoice.
In WHMCS 8.9 and later, invoices default to view-only mode. This decreases the risk of unintentional edits while viewing or paying client invoices.
You can view the information for an invoice and perform many actions using several tabs:
The Summary tab lists the client name, invoice and due dates, invoice items, and associated transactions, and allows you to send client emails.
To send an email for the selected invoice, choose the desired email template from the menu under the invoice status and click Send Email.
You cannot send email for invoices that are in the Draft status. You must first publish the invoice before sending email.
For more information, see Emailing Clients.To cancel an invoice, click Mark Cancelled under the invoice status.
In WHMCS 8.9 and later, you must have the Manage Invoices permission and click Manage Invoices in the top-right corner while in view-only mode to perform this action.
Splitting invoices allows you to separate line items from an invoice into a separate invoice. This is useful if, for example, items appear together on a single invoice that a client wants to renew separately or a merge happened incorrectly.
To split items, select the desired items under Invoice Items and then choose Split to New Invoice from With Selected. The system will immediately move all of the items to a single new invoice.
In WHMCS 8.9 and later, you must have the Manage Invoices permission and click Manage Invoices in the top-right corner while in view-only mode to perform this action.
To delete items from an invoice, select the desired items under Invoice Items and then choose Delete.
This does not move the deleted items to a new invoice.If you receive a payment that the system hasn’t automatically logged in WHMCS, you will need to manually apply it to the invoice.
To do this, enter the details corresponding to the payment, including the date, payment method, transaction ID, and amount. Then, click Add Payment.
In WHMCS 8.9 and later, you must have the Manage Invoices permission and click Manage Invoices in the top-right corner while in view-only mode to use this tab.
In the Options tab, you can configure the following invoice settings:
Setting | Description |
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Invoice Date | The date on which the system generated the invoice or you created it. |
Payment Method | The payment method that the system will attempt to use to pay the invoice. |
Invoice # | The invoice number. |
Due Date | The invoice’s due date. |
Tax Rate | The rate at which the system will tax the items in the invoice. |
Status | The invoice status. |
In the Credit* tab, you can add credit to the invoice.
Automatically-generated invoices always check whether a client has a positive credit balance. If they do, the system automatically applies the credit to the invoice during invoice generation. If applying credit reduces the invoice balance to 0 , the system marks the invoice Paid automatically.
In the Refund tab, you can refund transactions for the invoice. Refunding transactions allows you to issue credits and refunds for payments that clients have made.
If the system can’t automate a refund for your particular gateway, you can still use this process to enter the refund billing entry in WHMCS. It will update the income totals and reflect the refund on the invoice. Then, you can go to your payment gateway to send the refund.
To refund a transaction:
You can only refund one transaction at a time, and the refund amount cannot exceed the total amount of the transaction.
In WHMCS 8.3 and later, if the transaction is associated with an affiliate commission and the payment gateway supports reversals, WHMCS can also reverse the commission.
In WHMCS 8.9 and later, you must have the Manage Invoices permission and click Manage Invoices in the top-right corner while in view-only mode to use this tab.
Use the Notes tab to enter notes about the invoice.
Last modified: August 13, 2024