International invoicing
International invoicing is two problems wearing one coat. One is the document: which currency, whose language, what the client's finance team needs to see. The other is the money actually arriving, which is the part that takes five days and a fee nobody quoted you.
Currency and language, per document
Currency and language are chosen per document, not per account. Bill a Berlin client in euro and a Toronto client in Canadian dollars from the same books. The document itself is written in English or Ukrainian — the two languages it has today — and its number grouping, its date order and the way a unit agrees with its quantity follow that language, not your interface.
Which matters more than it sounds: an English sheet writes `1,234.56` and a Ukrainian one `1 234,56`. Pick the one your client's accounts payable reads, and the currency code on the sheet settles the rest.
Say the currency, not the symbol
`$` is at least four currencies and `kr` is five. The document carries the currency code, so USD and CAD are never a matter of who assumed what. If you price in one currency and would rather be settled in another, put the basis in the notes — a rate, a date, a source — before anybody has to argue about it afterwards.
Two rails on one sheet
- A bank account — SEPA, SWIFT or a local account, with the IBAN or account number, the BIC and the holder's name and address, which is what a compliance desk will ask for anyway.
- A wallet — the asset, the network and the address, with a QR code. A stablecoin transfer settles in minutes and costs what the chain costs, which is why so much cross-border freelance work is now paid this way.
Both can be on the same invoice, divided by a rule, and the client picks. See crypto invoicing for what has to be printed when the answer is a wallet. Both go on the sheet in the free invoice generator, no account needed.
What we deliberately do not do
We do not move your money, convert it, or hold it. There is no Perly account that your client pays into and no percentage taken on the way past — the details on the invoice are your own bank and your own wallet, and the payment goes straight there. It also means we cannot quote you an exchange rate or a corridor fee: that is between you, your client and whoever carries the money.
Tax and terms across a border
Reverse charge, a VAT number, a withholding note, a W-8BEN on file — what has to appear depends on both countries and is a question for your accountant. What the document gives you is somewhere to put it: a tax line at its own rate, a notes column, and terms that travel with the sheet. And a real due date rather than "Net 30", because thirty days from when is the first thing a foreign finance team will read differently from you. See payment terms.
Common questions
- How many currencies are supported?
- Every currency ISO 4217 lists, plus USDC, USDT, DAI and the coins priced in themselves. It is chosen per document and printed with its own code, symbol and decimals in the document's language.
- Do you convert the money or give me a rate?
- No. We never touch the payment, so there is no rate to give and no spread to take. State your conversion basis in the notes if the invoice is priced in one currency and settled in another.
- Which languages can the invoice be in?
- English or Ukrainian: the document's own labels — Invoice, Billed to, Amount due, the payment block — and its dates and figures. What you type on the lines is yours, in whatever language you wrote it; a client in Germany or France reads the labels in English.
- What is the fastest way to be paid from abroad?
- In practice, a stablecoin transfer: minutes, and the network's fee rather than a correspondent bank's. A SEPA transfer inside Europe is close behind. A SWIFT wire is the slow, expensive default.
- Do you have per-country pages?
- No, and not by accident. A page about sending money to Japan would be a page about a service we do not run — we make the invoice; the corridor is your bank's or the chain's.
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