Questions and answers on the subject of invoicing programs for trade businesses
What invoicing programs are available for the skilled trades?
In the meantime, there are many different invoicing programs that are particularly suitable for the skilled trades. These include:
Which invoicing software for crafts is free?
If you don't want to spend money on invoicing programs, you can easily use a free tool. Known free invoice software or software with a free basic version are:
Why should Tradesmen and women use an invoicing program?
Tradesmen and women should use a digital invoicing program so that they:
- ... do not forget any important information on the invoice.
- ... save time through (partially) automated processes.
- ... do everything right in accounting.
Before you download any invoicing software (for a fee), you should make a list for yourself and your business of all the functions you cannot or do not want to do without. In addition to your individual preferences, there are some functions that are important for almost all trade businesses. These include:
- Conformity with the guidelines and criteria of the GoBD1
- Automatic calculation of sales tax
- Separation of material and labor costs within one invoice
- Automated dunning
- APIs to other programs (e.g. DATEV, Meisterwerk App)
In Job to find an invoicing program that meets all your needs as a craftsman, we have compared different software. We looked at the range of functions as well as the costs. Our three favorites have been determined:
- SevDesk
- Lexware
- Bexio
SevDesk
A program that delivers what it promises: Tradesmen and laymen in particular can handle their accounting and invoicing quickly and smoothly with SevDesk. Newcomers to accounting in particular benefit from this.
Top features:
- GoBD compliance
- Connection to online banking
- Digital document capture
- Automated addition of mandatory information
- Automated calculation of sales tax
- Transfer of customer data from stored master data
- Dunning
- APIs to, among others, the Meisterwerk App
Lexware
Lexware offers a program especially for small handitrade businesses that digitally maps all steps from the quotation to the invoicing. It is also possible to manage customer data, materials or suppliers, which makes business management even easier and more transparent.
Top features:
- Preparation of quotations, invoices and delivery bills
- APIs to DATEV, the Meisterwerk App and many other programs as well as eShop connection
- OSS procedure
- Material and supplier management
- Customer management with 360-degree view
- 3-stage dunning system
- Online banking
Bexio
For all Swiss Tradesmen and women, Bexio is the ideal software to handle accounting, quotation preparation and invoicing at twice the speed. A special advantage of the program "made in Switzerland" is the free personal 24/7 support.
Top features:
- Contact management
- Offer and invoice preparation
- Document Management
- Preparation of the annual financial statements
- Payroll accounting for Swiss small businesses
- Online banking
- Many extensions such as warehouse management
- APIs to, among others, the Meisterwerk App
You want to make the entire business organization and not only accounting and billing as easy and digital as possible? Then the Meisterwerk app is the right choice for you. The Handwerker App serves as an information center and interface between the office and employees on the road. Your workforce accesses job scheduling and job details - no matter when or where. Communication takes place on a job-by-job basis. Photos, documents and messages between employees are always assigned to the corresponding appointment or job. All information is updated in real-time. And customer and Job information is exchanged with your invoicing program.
