Concepts
Background knowledge on invoicing, tax, document numbering, and compliance.
In this section
Browse the manual- UBL 2.1 XML exportWhat the Peppol BIS Billing 3.0 UBL export contains, what Made with Pepper checks before it writes a file, and what the export does not do.
- Self-hosting and backupsWhat self-hosting means for your invoicing data, what you are responsible for, and how to protect your records.
- Tax basicsHow Made with Pepper handles tax rates, net pricing, rounding rules, frozen rates on each line, and how Made with Pepper calculates tax on an invoice.
- What is an invoice?What an invoice is, what it is not, and what makes it different from a bill, receipt, quote, or statement.
- EU VATHow EU VAT works for sellers in the EU, how to set it up in Made with Pepper, and what the product does and does not do for you.
- Why invoice numbers must be sequentialWhy tax authorities require sequential invoice numbers, what happens when you skip a number, and how Made with Pepper handles numbering.
- EU VAT reverse chargeHow the reverse charge mechanism works for B2B cross-border sales within the EU, and how to set it up in Made with Pepper.
- Quotes, invoices, and credit notesWhen to use each document type, how they relate to each other, and the lifecycle of a transaction from quote to payment to credit.
- How payments workHow Made with Pepper records and reverses payments, what partial payment means, and how payment status transitions work.
- EPC QR codesWhen Made with Pepper prints an EPC QR code on an invoice PDF, what the code contains, and what it does not do.
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Customers and work
Keep the customer, the agreement and the work together.
Bill and collect
Prepare the invoice. Send it. Keep track of what is due.
- Manage tax rates
- Set up email delivery
- Configure document numbering
- Set up bank accounts
- Customize your PDF template
- Create and send an invoice
- Pro-forma invoices
- Issue a credit note
- Payments
- Record a payment
- Recurring invoices
- Set up recurring invoices
- Payment reminders
- Configure payment reminders
- Email templates
- Document communication
Purchases and handoff
Keep the receipts and the records behind your figures.
Run your installation
Install, maintain and protect your own copy.
Reference and help
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- Tax basics
- What is an invoice?
- EU VAT
- Why invoice numbers must be sequential
- EU VAT reverse charge
- Quotes, invoices, and credit notes
- How payments work
- EPC QR codes
- Roles and permissions
- Document statuses
- Settings reference
- CLI commands
- Customer data and privacy
- External client HTTP and MCP reference
- Getting support
- Common issues
- Changelog