{"id":3884,"date":"2013-02-25T07:21:31","date_gmt":"2013-02-25T05:21:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.officetodo.com\/public\/?p=3884"},"modified":"2013-02-24T07:22:40","modified_gmt":"2013-02-24T05:22:40","slug":"showing-fixed-and-changing-charges-on-invoices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.officetodo.com\/public\/showing-fixed-and-changing-charges-on-invoices\/","title":{"rendered":"Showing fixed and changing charges on invoices"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Being in a business where you\u2019re charging your clients for the amounts they\u2019ve used (hours fee etc.) and adding also a fixed charge, i.e. use of an item during this time and so on, means you\u2019re essentially charging your customers for two separate things.\u00a0<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>In doing so one thing you must always remember is that showing those two or more services on the invoice needs some consideration. It\u2019s not just adding everything up and naming the line on the invoice something fancy like \u201cuse of this and that\u201d or something similar, but making the invoice as useful to the receiving party as possible. Namely what\u2019s expected is that you split up as much as possible by also showing the prices separate for each component. One might ask \u201cwhy?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The reason why you\u2019d do it is obvious if you think of situations where the expense is split between people for an example and only one of them choose to use this specific item we mentioned. It\u2019s those little everyday situations even you may have come across and just for them, for making your customers\u2019 lives a lot easier or simply making a gesture. 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