Last Tuesday, 11:47 PM. My phone buzzes. “Mohnish sir, GST filing deadline is tomorrow and our invoicing software crashed. We have 847 invoices to process and no way to generate compliant reports.” That panicked call took me right back to 2018 when I made the biggest invoicing mistake of my career. You know what I…
Last Tuesday, I got a call that still haunts me. Rajesh, who runs a thriving auto parts business in Pune, was practically in tears. “Mohnish sir,” he said, “my invoicing software just locked me out during month-end. I’ve got 200 pending invoices, GST filing due tomorrow, and I can’t even access my client data.” Haven’t…
Last month, I got a call from Priya, who runs a small textile business in Chennai. She was crying—actually crying—on the phone. “Mohnish sir, it’s been three days since my invoicing software crashed, and I can’t access any of my client data. GST filing is due tomorrow, and I don’t even know how much I…
Ever found yourself checking your bank account for the fifth time in a day, hoping that invoice payment finally came through? Yeah, I’ve been there, too. I remember sitting at my desk one afternoon, staring at my unpaid invoices, and feeling a tight knot in my stomach. Three major clients were late. Again! And I…
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Have you ever been in that awkward situation where a client wants to know exactly what they’ll pay, but you’re not quite ready to send an official invoice? I’ve been there more times than I can count. Proforma invoices saved my business relationships time and again. After running my small manufacturing business for over a…
Let’s talk about something that’s kept me up at night more times than I’d like to admit: late invoice payment. If you’re running a business, you’ve been there. That sinking feeling when you check your bank account, expecting to see a client payment that should have landed days ago, only to find nothing. Meanwhile, your…
Every startup owner knows the struggle and importance of dealing with invoices. I’ve been there myself, juggling the excitement of building a business while managing the not-so-thrilling task of invoicing. Money is the core feature of your business, and you don’t want to mess it up, especially when you’re just starting, right? I learned this…
I’ve spent years running my accounting software business, and if there’s one thing I’ve learned the hard way, it’s this: Clear payment terms can make or break your cash flow. Let me share a little secret. When I first started ProfitBooks, I thought great software was all I needed. Boy, was I wrong! Our customers…
In earlier articles, we’ve covered various aspects of Goods And Services Tax, how to create a GST invoice and finally how to file GST Returns. Now, once you file the returns, it becomes little tricky to make changes to the transactions of that particular month – specially Invoices. But we are humans and changes…