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Page 2 of 5 — practical, no-fluff guides on invoicing, pricing, cash flow, taxes and keeping the money side of your solo business in order.
Should You Ask for a Deposit? Upfront Payments, Explained
Asking for money before you've done the work feels presumptuous the first time. It shouldn't. A deposit is the single cheapest way to filter out bad clients and protect your cash flow — here's how to set one that sticks.
Getting Paid by Overseas Clients Without Losing Money on the Way
The invoice said $2,000. Your account says rather less. Here's where the money goes on an international payment, how to stop losing it, and what to record when it finally lands.
When One Client Is 60% of Your Income
A single client paying most of your invoices doesn't feel like a risk while they're happy. It's the most common way a healthy solo business goes from fine to frightening in one email.
Presumptive Taxation for Freelancers: Should You Use 44ADA?
Declare half your receipts as profit, skip the books and the audit, and pay advance tax once a year. For most laptop-and-brain freelancers it's a genuinely good deal — but not for everyone.
What Your Payment Provider Actually Keeps
You billed $9,000 and a smaller number landed. Some of the difference was a fee they told you about; most of it usually isn't. Here's how to work out the real cost of getting paid — and why one payment tells you nothing but a year of them tells you everything.
Advance Tax for Freelancers: The Four Dates That Matter
Salaried people never think about advance tax because TDS quietly handles it. Freelancers get paid gross and owe it in instalments — miss a date and interest starts running automatically.
Timesheets as Evidence: Using Tracked Time to Defend a Quote
When a fixed-fee project quietly doubles in size, asking for more money sounds like complaining — unless you can show what happened. How to log time so it becomes a change order the client accepts.
How to Track Time Without Micromanaging Yourself
Most solo owners abandon time tracking because it feels like surveillance. Tracked properly, it isn't a productivity score — it's the evidence that tells you whether your prices are working.
Push Notifications: The Things You'd Otherwise Forget
Billable can now send notifications to your phone and desktop — a short digest each morning of what's overdue, due and still in draft, plus a nudge the moment an invoice tips overdue or a timer runs all afternoon.