How to create an invoice with work not yet done?

[Deleted member 25779]

Hello,

I am having a problem, this is my first invoice to a customer that let me receive a payment without having the full work done.

I have to do about 100 hours for this customer each month and invoice him on the last day of each month.
But when we started the contract, the starting date was the 12th, by the time I reach the last day of each month, I only have about 70 hours to the counter so really the invoice should be something like that:

From the 1st of July to the 31st of July : 70 Hours @ xxxx Cost : £1000
still to do: 30 @ xxxx Cost : £500
Total: £1500

How can I translate the "Still to do" in a proper accounting term on the invoice itself please?

Thank you so much,


Ben

 

[Mike Conroy]

if you are sending invoices with payment upfront you normally create an invoice called a "pro-forma invoice" then when you get paid for the work you send out a normal invoce your customer may choose to record this as a prepayment in his own accounts.