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working in a creative field it's important to create a proper invoice for your work and send it out in a timely manner on this episode of 120 seconds I'm going to show you how to create your own invoices this won't just make you look more professional it'll also help you keep your finances in order the first thing you need to do is get all of the details on the job and the client your invoice should contain all of your contact information just like your business card at the top of the invoice your company name and logo should also be at the top of the invoice sometimes people include their social security number or federal tax ID others decide to provide that separately you also need to list the contact information for the client or the person you're billing in addition to a bill to address there's sometimes a ship to address bill to refers to the address of the person or Department sending you money ship 2 refers to where you're sending any project assets or deliverables like a hard drive or a blu-ray you should always have a space for a Pio order number and maybe a job number some companies require a Pio number before they'll pay you for anything so make sure you ask if they use Pio numbers before you start the job at the top you should also have an invoice number and date the invoice number should be sequential so you can easily keep track and here's a quick tip don't start with something like zero zero zero one because that makes it look like you just went into business you may also choose to have a few letters at the front of your invoice number according to the client and then there's the terms which means how many days before payment is due in the film industry net 30 or a thirty day period from the date of the invoice is standard and then you should include a name or description of the project then you list exactly what is being billed usually there is a quantity description unit price and total typically there's also a column for tax look at the laws in your state to determine which items are taxable and include those taxes there for instance in Texas physical items like a DVD or thumb drive are considered retail items and are subject to the Texas state sales tax at the very bottom of the invoice you might also repeat who to make the check payable to you might use your name or a company name keep in mind though that if the client makes your check out to a company name the check is useless unless you actually have a bank account under that name otherwise just use your personal name hopefully you get paid sooner rather than later but I recommend not following up with the client until your payment is about a...