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If you realise your invoice is incorrect before you've actually sent it to your customer, then the problem can easily be solved. You can simply edit the invoice and fix the error. An invoice is not considered ?issued? if it hasn't yet been delivered to the addressee.

If you have already issued the invoice but the customer has not paid, send a friendly email or make a polite phone call explaining the mistake, and then issue a new invoice. If the customer has already paid, make a correction adjustment on a future invoice, or issue another invoice or credit correcting the mistake.

If the invoice has already been paid If the customer has already paid an incorrect invoice, the solution is to issue a credit note for the amount paid and then re-invoice with a correct document. In form, the credit note is similar to an invoice except for its title.

If a business makes a mistake on an invoice they have already sent to their customer, they must cancel the invoice with a credit note and then issue a new invoice. The credit note essentially 'pays' the incorrect invoice so there is no outstanding payment.

An invoice is not a legal document on its own. While invoicing is an important accounting practice for businesses, invoices do not serve as a legally binding agreement between the business and its client. That's because an invoice leaves too much room for manipulation to serve as a legal document.

If you have already issued the invoice but the customer has not paid, send a friendly email or make a polite phone call explaining the mistake, and then issue a new invoice. If the customer has already paid, make a correction adjustment on a future invoice, or issue another invoice or credit correcting the mistake.

Once sent, you can no longer edit the invoice directly, and a credit note must be issued instead.