This article is all about the Edit Contact Details screen within FreeAgent.
How do I edit a contact's details, then?
Open this screen by clicking on Contacts and then clicking on the Edit button for the contact you want to edit details for.
Or, alternatively, with the contact open, click the Edit Details button.
Here's what the Edit Contact Details screen looks like.
As you can see, most of the information is optional. The boxes that have to be filled in are marked with red asterisks.
You can enter both a contact's own name and the organisation name, but you don't have to. You can enter just one or the other name.
Invoicing Options for a contact
Under the address boxes is the Invoicing Options section which we'll look at in a bit more detail. These are relevant if the contact is a client rather than a supplier.
Invoice numbering sequence
You may want to tick the top box to set a specific sequence for invoices you issue to this contact. For example, you might want to prefix the number with the client's or their business's initials.
Contact name
You have the option to display the contact's individual name as well as the organisation's name on the invoices. This is useful if you need to mark the invoice for a particular person's attention, for example the bookkeeper or purchase ledger clerk.
Charging VAT - or not
Sometimes you may have clients for whom you may or may not need to add VAT to the invoice, depending on where you are delivering services to the client. So you have the option to charge VAT only if the client is based in the UK, which is the default, or always charge VAT, or never charge VAT. And you can put in the client's VAT registration number.
Different language
And you do also have the option to issue invoices and estimates to your clients in several different languages. Choose your language by clicking the drop-down arrow here.
Once you've finished making changes, click Save Changes to keep them or Cancel to exit from this contact's information without saving it.
Sent invoices not affected by contact changes
It's important to remember that if you make changes in this area, they won't affect invoices you've created for this contact and marked as sent.
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