The Rivit Invoices blog
Getting paid, honestly
Research-backed writing on the unglamorous half of freelancing: late payments, fees, payment terms, invoice fraud, scope creep — and what fixes them. Stats cited, caveats included.
Irish freelancers must register for VAT within 30 days of passing €42,500 in services. What changes on your invoices, the 15-day rule, and paying VAT only when clients pay.
California makes clients withhold 7% from nonresidents paid for work done in the state. When it applies, why remote work usually doesn't count, and the forms that stop it.
PayPal's Seller Protection never covers 'not as described' claims and puts extra conditions on services. What its US terms say, what a lost dispute costs, and what protects you.
UK sole traders on Making Tax Digital send their second quarterly update by 7 November. On the cash basis only money received counts. Which invoices go in, and when.
Selling services to a business in another EU country flips the VAT rules. What the invoice must show, why you check the VAT number in VIES, the 15th-of-the-month deadline, and when even small freelancers need a VAT number.
New Zealand's GST threshold looks back and forward 12 months. What changes at $60,000, how 15% hits your price, zero-rating for overseas clients, and what an invoice must show at each amount.
Germany's e-invoice mandate comes in stages. When a PDF invoice stops counting, the €800,000 and December-invoice traps, and why Kleinunternehmer and invoices under €250 are exempt for good.
India's MSMED Act gives registered micro and small enterprises a 45-day payment deadline and interest at three times the RBI bank rate. What applies to freelancers, and what the 2026 amendment changed.