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You provide customers with quotes and invoices in two currencies, U.S. dollars and the buyer's local currency. This practice is common for exporters around the globe, especially in Europe where multiple currencies are used frequently. Here's an example of how a U.S. exporter could invoice in two currencies.

Convenience to your export customers when offering invoice in their home currency. Better competitive positioning for your business. Greater protection of profit margins. How to get started with invoicing in foreign currencies.

One of the main challenges of foreign currency invoicing is the unpredictability of currency fluctuations. Depending on the market conditions, the exchange rate between your currency and the invoice currency can change significantly between the time of issuing or receiving the invoice and the time of payment.

Currency prices can be determined in two main ways: a floating rate or a fixed rate. A floating rate is determined by the open market through supply and demand on global currency markets. Therefore, if the demand for the currency is high, the value will increase.

Foreign currency invoicing is a payment method that allows you to invoice your customers or suppliers in the currency of their country, rather than yours. For example, if you are a US-based exporter selling goods to a German importer, you can invoice them in euros, rather than US dollars.

You can use the mid-market selling rate at the time the invoice is issued. The mid-market rate, also known as the ?interbank? or ?middle rate?, is the midpoint between the buy and sell prices of any two currencies at any time.

You'll always need to record foreign currency payments directly on the invoice. Foreign currency invoices cannot be marked as paid from the Transactions page. If the bank connection has imported these transactions, record the payment on the invoice, and then merge the manual payment and the bank import.

The base currency of the company is the same as the transaction currency of the invoice; therefore, the invoice is domestic. An invoice is a foreign currency transaction when the transaction currency that you assign to it is different from the base currency of the company that you enter on the invoice record.

You can invoice in any currency for the goods and services that you supply. If UK VAT is due on the transaction your invoices must also show the following in sterling: the total net value of goods and services at each VAT rate.

International invoice checklistThe date of issue.A unique invoice number.Your company's full name and address.The customer's full name and address.A description of the goods or services provided and the quantity.The date and place of supply.The total amount payable in the agreed currency.