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what's an invoice why is it important what does it even look like you'll find the answers to all of these questions in this video hey viewers I'm James and welcome to accounting stuff the channel the teachers you've all there is to know about accounting and bookkeeping if that's your thing then hit the subscribe button so you don't miss out on all of the new videos and don't forget to check out the playlist up here for more accounting basics in today's video we're going to talk invoices you'll find out what invoices are why they're important and I'll talk you through the key features with an example don't forget to watch this video through until the end because I'll be answering some common questions that'll made this whole topic seem a lot clearer invoicing is an essential part of any business whether you're working for yourself for a corporation if you want to get paid you've got to know what invoices and how to use it so what is an invoice let me explain a normal business transaction involves two parties a buyer and a seller the seller provides goods or services to the buyer and in return they want to get paid this is a transaction so that's the whole point so the buyer owes money to the seller how much exactly and what specifically are they paying for and how long do they have to make the payment to answer all of these questions the seller sends them an invoice which sets out all of this information so the buyer knows what they owe they've gone itemized list of all of the goods and services that they're paying for and they know the terms of the transaction they're happy so they send the money to the supplier and the transactions complete I've got bills I've got to pay bills and invoices are actually the same thing they relate to the document that is sent to the buyer to request the payment for the goods and services that have been provided by the seller right so now I've got a feel for invoices are but why are they important well for starters and we've touched on this already sellers want to get paid so it's important to them that invoices are sent out as early as possible so they're not waiting around for that cash the government is also keen on invoices most countries charge some form of sales tax on transactions involving taxable goods and services GST v80 state or provincial tax you might have heard of some of these an invoice a record of the transaction that splits out and identifies the sales tax so they're actually required by law for transactions involving registered businesses if you'd like to know the specifics then I recommend you check out your local tax authorities website from an accounting point of view invoices are also important because they trigger the accounting entries in the books of both...