Was "What should I charge?" - how about invoicing software ?

Bill Horne bill at horne.net
Thu Sep 25 10:02:03 EDT 2003


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rich Braun" <richb at pioneer.ci.net>


> "Bill Horne" <bill at horne.net> wrote:
> > Don't forget to add your tax number(s), your phone number(s), and
your email
> > address. Anyone who has your invoice must be able to get their
questions
> > answered quickly.
>
> I don't think I'd put a tax number on an invoice, be it a corporate
ID or a
> personal SSN.  Corporate invoices don't have tax numbers on them:
it wouldn't
> look "professional".  And the only invoices I've seen with a
personal SSN on
> them are from accountants and/or other professionals who are over 50
years old
> and perhaps therefore less mistrusting of identity theft than those
of us who
> are younger. [snip]

I wouldn't put *my* SSN on an invoice either, but my federal tax ID
number *does* go there. The fewer people involved in processing my
bill, the faster I get the check.

YMMV.

Bill





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