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Note how that doesn't create a PDF.
How does one go about creating (and sending) a PDF from a web form (like Invoice-o-matic and billable.me)?
Basically a mix of two markups in one file. Meh, there's probably a better way to do that.
This looks like what a good web designer with little knowledge of actual accounting requirements would do. Not what I would expect from a company specialising in accounting software. It makes me seriously doubt that they can actually fill my accounting needs, so instead of creating a lead, I can't help having doubts about their capabilities. The first thing I would expect from such a tool is either to explicitly poin…
I'd love to be able to specify the subtotal after VAT is applied as well, since that's often what you quote in practice and converting that to pre-VAT prices is a PITA. VAT is also actually called BTW here, so the ability to change how VAT is called would be useful as well.
Do you quote companies, or people? When I quote companies, I never include VAT (I guess you are also Dutch). Including VAT makes you sound more expensive, and the client can deduct the VAT anyway. So quote without VAT for companies.
I dont get it. How is this so much better than having a, say, rtf document template on your own computer and emailing attachments from there? Or if you want to email a pdf there's printing to e.g cute pdf.
It reduces chances of calculation mistakes as it calculates total amount for you whereas you would need to do it manually in a document template.
Pretty basic to do that in a LibreOffice or Word doc isn't it (certainly is in LO).
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Note how that doesn't create a PDF.
How does one go about creating (and sending) a PDF from a web form (like Invoice-o-matic and billable.me)?
You can create a file with javascript at the client side, without creating load on the server.
That's all? I expected something like duetapp or better.. :/ Here's the same, but opensource so that you can customize to your own needs. http://css-tricks.com/html-invoice/
Personally I wouldn't ever use a SaaS for my core business! With Duetapp or other opensource project for example, I am able to modify the source it. (opensource!=free)
Regarding duetapp, I think commerce and organization should be seperated. But no other invoicing app does that atm. anyway. However I feel that this is the last bit required to make it almost perfect. Basically I would create a clean and modular and payment gateway, so that I can be used by any other app too. Write a little duetapp plugin and voila. Much better than integrating every single payment method manually into system A, system B etc.
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It reduces chances of calculation mistakes as it calculates total amount for you whereas you would need to do it manually in a document template.
> calculates total amount for you // Pretty basic to do that in a LibreOffice or Word doc isn't it (certainly is in LO).
This is completely useless without a system behind.
I wrote something similar to this a few years ago: http://billable.me There's nothing wrong with a bit of competition and it makes me wonder if this space needs something... Why do these keep appearing?
There is no benefit in this, except that it's in the browser, but that's all.
I use a PHP GPL app called Imperium. Meets legal requirements and provides financial reports for my CPA.
Do you have a demo or screenshot?
Am I missing something, or is nobody concerned that this tool takes in all of your business' contact info and banking info? In the US, the bank name, account number, and a smidge of personally identifying info for the account holder is sufficient to create an electronic check against the account, and there is no protection for the account holder for any funds that are removed. - The info is being sent over http inste…