Time & invoicing
This is the loop Clerq is built around: track time, turn it into an invoice, send it, get paid.
Tracking time
Start the live timer on a task, or add entries by hand. Every entry carries a billable flag and a rate locked in at entry time. The weekly timesheet rolls entries up into day and week totals, with easy week navigation.
Generating an invoice
Start a new invoice and pick the client, then pull in their unbilled, billable time with one of three grouping modes:
- By person and rate - one line per person/rate combination
- Per task - a line for each task
- Single line - everything as one line item
Currencies and VAT
Invoices can be raised in any currency. Conversion uses European Central Bank reference rates, fixed per line when the invoice is generated, with a manual override when you need a specific rate. Three VAT treatments are supported:
| Treatment | When to use |
|---|---|
| Standard | Domestic sales at your standard rate |
| Zero-rated | Exports and zero-rated supplies |
| EU reverse-charge | B2B sales to VAT-registered EU clients |
Money math
All amounts are stored as integer minor units with half-up rounding, so totals are exact - no floating-point surprises. Invoice numbers are sequential per year (YYYY-NNNN) and concurrency-safe.
Generating invoices is one of the 43 actions exposed to AI assistants - see the MCP server guide.