> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.envoi.no/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Your first invoice

> Create an invoice, send it to the customer and record the payment.

## Create the invoice

<Steps>
  <Step title="Open a new invoice">
    Choose **New invoice** on the dashboard, or go to **Invoices**.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Choose a customer">
    Choose a customer you already have, or type in a new one. New customers are saved when the invoice is saved.

    If you have invoiced the customer before, Envoi shows suggested lines. **Previous** fetches the lines from the last invoice, and **Saga** suggests lines based on the customer's last 10 invoices.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Add lines">
    Fill in the description, quantity, price and VAT for each line. Every line must have a VAT code before you can send.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Save or send">
    **Save as draft** lets you finish later. **Send invoice** gives the invoice a number and sends it as a PDF by email to the customer.
  </Step>
</Steps>

<Frame>
  <img className="block dark:hidden" src="https://mintcdn.com/envoi-5929ace9/glSEslf-wTQJMAzw/images/en/new-invoice-light.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=glSEslf-wTQJMAzw&q=85&s=734f718970c734ef1bc3c3e4b0eef6df" alt="The new invoice form with customer, invoice lines and total" width="2160" height="1350" data-path="images/en/new-invoice-light.png" />

  <img className="hidden dark:block" src="https://mintcdn.com/envoi-5929ace9/glSEslf-wTQJMAzw/images/en/new-invoice-dark.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=glSEslf-wTQJMAzw&q=85&s=650f93574241f5ddcc7214491571ee79" alt="The new invoice form with customer, invoice lines and total" width="2160" height="1350" data-path="images/en/new-invoice-dark.png" />
</Frame>

<Note>
  The customer must have an email address for Envoi to send the invoice. If the customer has none, you can download the PDF and send it yourself.
</Note>

Every invoice gets a KID number automatically. From the invoice you can also choose **Download PDF** or **Download EHF**.

<Info>
  Sending EHF invoices through the Peppol network is coming before 2027. Until then, you can download the EHF file and send it yourself.
</Info>

## When the customer pays

Open the invoice and choose **Record payment**. Enter the date the money came in and the amount.

* If the customer pays the full amount, the invoice is marked as paid.
* If the customer pays only part of it, the invoice is marked **Partly paid**, with the amount that remains.

<Frame>
  <img className="block dark:hidden" src="https://mintcdn.com/envoi-5929ace9/glSEslf-wTQJMAzw/images/en/invoice-partly-paid-light.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=glSEslf-wTQJMAzw&q=85&s=5831a653c1ced5d45384ab3b1995c197" alt="A partly paid invoice with recorded payments and the amount that remains" width="2160" height="1350" data-path="images/en/invoice-partly-paid-light.png" />

  <img className="hidden dark:block" src="https://mintcdn.com/envoi-5929ace9/glSEslf-wTQJMAzw/images/en/invoice-partly-paid-dark.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=glSEslf-wTQJMAzw&q=85&s=58abde8cbaa0f4452f0be855330f5a2a" alt="A partly paid invoice with recorded payments and the amount that remains" width="2160" height="1350" data-path="images/en/invoice-partly-paid-dark.png" />
</Frame>

If accounting is turned on, Envoi posts the invoice and the payment automatically. See [Automatic bookkeeping](/en/accounting/automatic-bookkeeping).