Invoice statuses explained: draft, sent, paid, void — and what "overdue" really means

Most invoicing tools let you set a status. That is how an invoice ends up marked Paid with no payment behind it. Here, statuses are computed, and this page shows from what.

By the end of this page

You will be able to read any invoice's status, know what caused it, and know which two actions are yours.

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DraftSentPartly paidOverduePaidVoidsendpart paiddue datepaid in fullpaid in fullvoiddue dateYou press two things: Send and Void. Every other status is computed from dates and payments.

The six states

Draft — exists only for you. No number, no PDF, nothing owed, nothing the tenant can see. Delete it freely. Sent — numbered, delivered, owed, due on a date. Partly paid — a payment smaller than the total is recorded; the open amount is the total minus payments. Overdue — the due date has passed and the open amount is above zero. Paid — the open amount is zero. Void — cancelled after sending; the number is kept and the PDF is stamped.

What you press

Send takes a draft to Sent. Void takes anything sent to Void. That is all. Every other transition is computed from two facts: the due date and the payments recorded against the invoice. Record a payment and the status follows; let a date pass and the status follows.

What "overdue" means — and does not

It means the due date passed and money is still open. It does not mean a reminder was sent, a penalty was added, or anyone was told. Those are separate, deliberate actions on the chase list, each recorded. An invoice can be overdue for a day because a tenant pays on the 6th every month; the status is a fact, not an accusation.

Partial payments

Two payments of ₱10,000 and ₱8,500 against ₱18,500 leave the invoice Paid. One payment of ₱10,000 leaves it Partly paid until the due date, then Overdue with ₱8,500 open. The chase list shows the open amount, not the total. An overpayment — ₱20,000 against ₱18,500 — marks the invoice Paid and puts ₱1,500 credit on the client, which the next invoice offers to apply.

Why no "Paid" button. Because then Paid would mean "someone pressed a button" rather than "the money arrived". Record the payment instead — it takes the same one tap and leaves a record of when, how much and how. Recording a payment.

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