What is the difference between an invoice and a receipt?

An invoice asks for payment and has a due date. A receipt comes after the customer has paid and proves the payment was made, with the date and how they paid.

What should a receipt include?

Your business name and address, who paid, a receipt number, the date paid, the payment method, each item with its price, any VAT, and the total amount paid.

No. The receipt is built in your browser and saved as a PDF by your browser's print window. Nothing you type is sent anywhere.

Free receipt generator

Make a proof-of-payment receipt for your customer and save it as a PDF. Pounds, dollars, euros or naira. No sign-up, and nothing you type leaves your browser.

Receipt numberCurrencyDate paidPaid by

From (your name, business, address)Received from

Items

Tax / VAT %

Notes

Choose “Save as PDF” in the print window.

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RECEIPT

REC-001

Paid

Paid 2026-10-01

By Card

From

Your business

Received from

Customer

Description	Qty	Price	Amount
—	1	£0.00	£0.00

Subtotal£0.00

Amount paid£0.00

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