# Invoices

> Send one-time USDC payment requests with a hosted invoice page: the customer pays with one tap, the invoice reconciles itself, and both sides get a receipt.

Part of the Soca documentation (https://soca.finance/docs). Human version: https://soca.finance/docs/business/invoices
An invoice is a one-time payment request: an amount, a description, and a hosted page where your customer pays it. When they do, the invoice marks itself paid, the money settles to your wallet, and a receipt exists for both sides. There is no need to chase bank references or match deposits by hand.

## How do I create an invoice?

Go to **Dashboard → Invoices → New invoice**. Two fields are required; the rest make the record more useful:

- **Amount**: in USDC.
- **Description**: what the invoice is for; shown to the customer on the payment page.
- **Due date** (optional): invoices past due show as **overdue** so you can follow up.
- **Bill to** (optional): a name, email, or wallet address, for your records and the invoice itself.
- **Settles to** (optional), which of your [named wallets](/docs/business/wallets-and-treasury) receives this specific payment; defaults to your default wallet.
- **Invoice number and memo** (optional): your own reference and any note, so Soca invoices slot into your existing numbering.

Developers can create the same invoices programmatically. See the [API quickstart](/docs/developers/quickstart).

## What does my customer receive?

A link to a hosted invoice page showing your business, the description, the amount, and any due date. Paying takes one tap: the customer signs in with email or Google (or connects their own Solana wallet) and approves a single USDC transfer, with no card, bank details, or account setup friction. Customers never pay network fees. Soca sponsors gas on every transaction.

Like every Soca payment, a customer paying with their Soca account pays 1% less than the listed amount, itemized on their receipt as a discount. Paying from a connected wallet without an account costs the full amount, and you receive the same net either way — Soca covers the customer's discount out of its own fee, never from your share.

## What are the invoice statuses?

| Status | Meaning |
| --- | --- |
| **Open** | Created and awaiting payment. Share or re-share the link any time. |
| **Paid** | The payment confirmed on-chain and settled to your wallet. Final. |
| **Overdue** | Still unpaid after its due date. The link keeps working. The status is a nudge for you, not a lock for the customer. |

## How does reconciliation work?

Automatically. That is the point. The moment the payment is confirmed on Solana, the invoice flips to **paid** and the payment appears in your [Payments](/docs/business/payments) ledger with gross, fee, and net, linked back to the invoice. There is no matching step: an invoice can only be paid through its own page, so payment and invoice can never disagree. Nothing is marked paid on a timer or a promise, only on on-chain confirmation.

## What about receipts and exports?

- **Receipts.** Every paid invoice has a printable receipt with the details and the settled amount; your customer gets their copy at payment time.
- **CSV export.** The **Export CSV** button on the Invoices page downloads all invoices, including amounts, bill-to details, settlement wallet, and status, for your bookkeeping.
- **Totals at a glance.** The Invoices page tracks total invoiced, paid, and outstanding, and can be filtered by wallet if you route different invoices to different wallets.

> **Invoice or plan?**: Use an invoice for one-time amounts: a project, a deposit, a custom order. If the same customer should pay the same amount on a schedule, create a [plan](/docs/business/subscriptions) instead and let renewals run themselves.