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Invoice record workflow

Keep the invoice tied to the job that earned it.

Setout Pro carries accepted commercial context into staged or full invoice records. The customer can receive a secure invoice document, while the firm records payments received and keeps the balance visible.

Accepted work moving into staged invoice, customer document and received-payment record

A clear definition

What is an invoice record workflow?

An invoice record workflow creates and issues a bill against agreed work, preserves its status and records money the business has received. It is different from payment processing: Setout Pro records the invoice and received payment, but does not yet take the customer's online payment inside the product.

Now you won't have to reconstruct who the invoice was for or which accepted job total it followed. The commercial record remains attached to the project.

How it works

Stage the bill around the way the job is paid

Residential work is often billed in stages. Setout Pro supports staged or full invoice records and makes the remaining balance explicit after a payment is recorded.

  1. 01

    Choose the accepted job

    Start from the appropriate accepted quotation context.

  2. 02

    Create the stage

    Record the amount intended for this invoice rather than overwriting another stage.

  3. 03

    Review and issue

    Check company and customer details before issuing the customer document.

  4. 04

    Share

    Use a secure customer link and retain the invoice's own lifecycle.

  5. 05

    Record receipt

    Enter a payment received and keep the resulting balance visible.

In practice

Commercial record, not payment hype

  • Staged and full invoices can coexist around one accepted job.
  • Invoice links can be reshared or revoked without changing another invoice.
  • Payment entries use stable identity and exact-invoice recovery to reduce duplicate-record risk.
  • The product describes what was recorded; it does not imply that money moved through Setout Pro.

The honest boundary

Money movement boundary

  • Online card, bank or instalment collection inside Setout Pro is not live.
  • Recording a payment is a bookkeeping record and does not verify a bank transaction.
  • Tax, accounting treatment and statutory invoice requirements remain the firm's responsibility.
  • Accounting-platform synchronisation is a future integration boundary.

Questions, answered plainly

Frequently asked questions

Can Setout Pro create staged invoices?

Yes. A firm can create staged or full invoice records around accepted work and keep each invoice's balance and status separate.

Can a customer pay online through Setout Pro?

Not yet. The current product issues invoice records and lets the firm record payments received; it does not claim live customer payment processing.

Does Setout Pro replace accounting software?

No. It keeps the job and invoice record connected, while formal accounting and tax treatment remain separate responsibilities.