Invoice Koi

Invoicing for tutors

Tutoring is small amounts, the same amounts, from the same families, every month, and it is billed at the end of a long day when the last thing anybody wants is to count Tuesdays. Then one parent asks for something written down for their employer, and it turns out nothing has been written down at all.

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01On the document

What tutors
put on an invoice.

These go in your price book once, with your own prices against them. After that a line is one tap: the item, the description, the unit and the price fill themselves, and the totals resolve underneath.

LineUnit
One-to-one lessonhrs
Block of ten lessonseach
Group sessionhrs
Test preparation intensivedays
Late cancellationeach
Materials and practice testsjob
Travel to the studenteach

Prices are yours. Invoice Koi ships a handful of round placeholder lines to start from and never fills your book with figures you did not set.

A job, grouped Subtotals per section
THIS MONTH
One-to-one lessons, 8 hrs$320
Subtotal$320
EXTRAS
Late cancellation$20
Materials and practice tests$25
Subtotal$45
TRAVEL
Travel to the student, 8 visits$40
Subtotal$40
Total$405
Grouped line items are free, on all nine templates.
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Price book
One-to-one lessonhrs
Block of ten lessonseach
Group sessionhrs
One tap puts the line on the invoice.
This job, grouped
THIS MONTH$320
EXTRAS$45
TRAVEL$40
Total$405
No signal needed. It is written here.
02Why tutors use it

Three things that
save the evening.

One invoice a month, per family

Set a monthly recurring invoice per student and the draft is waiting at the end of the month. Adjust the hours for the lessons that actually happened, then send it.

A rate per level, set once

Middle school, high school and a group session each sit in the price book at their own price with their own unit, so nobody is charged last year's rate by accident.

Something the parent can hand on

The document carries your business details, its own number, the dates and the terms, which is what a parent claiming it back or an employer paying it needs to see.

03 · Questions

Asked by tutors.

Can I bill a parent monthly for the lessons that happened?

Yes. A monthly recurring invoice drafts with the line already on it, and you set the quantity to the lessons that took place before you send it.

How do I handle a block paid up front?

Invoice the block as one line and record the payment against it. As the lessons are used the document stays as the record of what was bought.

Can I charge for a lesson cancelled at short notice?

Keep it as its own price-book line and add it when your terms say it applies. It prints as its own item, which is easier to explain than a total that does not match.

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