> ## 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/bc-w_cjEdiM3XYlE/images/en/ny-faktura-light.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=bc-w_cjEdiM3XYlE&q=85&s=69033148b60595b3993dca759d92b5d8" alt="The new invoice form with customer, invoice lines and total" width="2160" height="1350" data-path="images/en/ny-faktura-light.png" />

  <img className="hidden dark:block" src="https://mintcdn.com/envoi-5929ace9/bc-w_cjEdiM3XYlE/images/en/ny-faktura-dark.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=bc-w_cjEdiM3XYlE&q=85&s=4f81185ff36d71e1b827a93db4aceadd" alt="The new invoice form with customer, invoice lines and total" width="2160" height="1350" data-path="images/en/ny-faktura-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/bc-w_cjEdiM3XYlE/images/en/faktura-delbetalt-light.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=bc-w_cjEdiM3XYlE&q=85&s=b56ff2da3c71f99e7a8fbb2450c144af" alt="A partly paid invoice with recorded payments and the amount that remains" width="2160" height="1350" data-path="images/en/faktura-delbetalt-light.png" />

  <img className="hidden dark:block" src="https://mintcdn.com/envoi-5929ace9/bc-w_cjEdiM3XYlE/images/en/faktura-delbetalt-dark.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=bc-w_cjEdiM3XYlE&q=85&s=3909460731a81e216e2156117fbe6f1c" alt="A partly paid invoice with recorded payments and the amount that remains" width="2160" height="1350" data-path="images/en/faktura-delbetalt-dark.png" />
</Frame>

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