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Recurring invoices, explained
A recurring invoice is one you raise again and again on a set cycle — same customer, same supply, same terms. It suits any arrangement where the billing repeats, and it turns a routine into a predictable receivable.
Where recurring invoicing fits
Recurring invoicing suits ongoing arrangements: a monthly retainer, a periodic supply on a standing order, a subscription-style service. The value of doing it as a routine is that the bill goes out on time every cycle rather than being remembered — or forgotten — each period.
The invoice is still a normal tax invoice each time; what recurs is the pattern, not a special document type.
Keeping the receivable on track
The benefit of a steady cycle is a steady receivable, but only if each invoice is followed through to payment. A recurring bill that goes out and is never chased just builds a predictable overdue.
So the discipline is the same as any receivable: raise it, record it, and track it to payment, cycle after cycle.
How Lekha tracks repeat billing
Lekha tracks each bill from invoice to acknowledgement to payment, with buyer-wise aging and a follow-up log, so a repeating receivable is followed through each cycle rather than left to build up.
Lekha records what your documents say and tracks the money on both sides — what you owe and what you are owed. It records and tracks; it does not replace your accountant.
Questions
- What is a recurring invoice?
- An invoice raised on a regular cycle for the same customer and supply — a monthly retainer or a standing order, for example. What recurs is the pattern, not a special document.
- Is a recurring invoice a different kind of tax invoice?
- No. Each one is a normal tax invoice. Recurring only describes that the billing repeats on a set cycle.
- How do I keep recurring invoices from piling up unpaid?
- Track each cycle's invoice to payment with aging and follow-up, the same as any receivable, so a steady cycle produces a steady collection.