Invoice Generation

How to configure alf.io to generate invoices.

Enable the invoice subsystem

Head to the “Invoice” section of your organization’s configuration

Invoice configuration


VAT number

Your Organization’s VAT number - Required

Invoice number Pattern

The pattern to apply when generating the invoice number. The default is to increment an organization-based counter.

Customize number

Here some examples of how you can customize the invoice number:

Description Value Result
prepend the “INVOICE-” text INVOICE-%d INVOICE-1
append the “-INVOICE” text %d-INVOICE 1-INVOICE
prepend the “INVOICE-” text, ensure a length of 3 zero-padded INVOICE-%03d INVOICE-001

Invoice Address

Enter here the address of your Organization, as it should appear on the invoice

Additional options

Use invoice number for public references

Enable this flag if you want to use the invoice number as reference number, instead of the Reservation ID

VAT/GST Number is required for Business Customers

Enable this flag if you want to force every business customer to enter their TAX ID number.

Generate only Invoice

Enable this flag if you want to generate only invoices. The default is to let the attendee choose whether they want an invoice or a payment receipt.

Enable the support for Italian e-invoicing

Enable this flag if your business is based in Italy and you must comply with the E-Invoicing regulation, more here

How it works

Reservation Process

Depending on the value of the Generate only Invoice flag, the customer might have the possibility to choose whether or not they want to generate an invoice:

I want an invoice

Once they fill up the billing data and confirm, the Invoice Details will be saved

Invoice Details

they can check the invoice details and update if needed.

Once the reservation is complete:

  • The invoice will be attached to the confirmation email
  • The customer will be able to download the invoice from the confirmation page

Backoffice

Invoice management for reservation

If you want to regenerate/download an invoice for a reservation, head to the Reservation Detail, and click on the “Billing Documents” tab

Download Single Invoice

Download all Billing Documents for an event

You can download all the invoices generated for an event, by selecting Download -> all Billing Documents on the event detail page

Download All Billing Documents


EU Reverse Charge

How to enable EU Reverse Charge support.

Italian E-Invoice

How to configure alf.io to collect data for Italian E-Invoice.