The feature
Talk through the job. We build the invoice.
Voice-first invoicing for UK sole tradespeople. Say what you did in plain English — client name, hours, materials, whatever bounces out — and Honest Invoices puts a fully-formed, MTD-ready invoice on your screen for review. Under 40 seconds from van to sent.
How it works
Record. Review. Send.
Step 1
Record
Hit the record button. Talk normally. "Fixed Mrs Johnson’s boiler, three hours, new thermostat £45." No script. No filling in fields.
Step 2
AI extracts
OpenAI reads the transcript and pulls out client name, hours, materials, rates, and job description. Every extracted field carries a confidence rating.
Step 3
You review
A draft invoice appears with every field editable. Nothing is committed to your record until you approve. This is the safeguard — you always see it before the client does.
Real tradies actually talk like this
What you say vs what lands on the screen.
You say
“Right, that was the Watson job — replaced the immersion heater, took me two and a half hours, new element was fifty-five quid, standard rate.”
What lands on the invoice
- Client: Watson
- Labour: 2.5 hours @ standard rate
- Materials: New immersion heater element — £55
You say
“Kitchen rewire at 47 Ashfield Road for Dave Kumar, day and a half of work, cable and back boxes came to about £180, socket faces another £40.”
What lands on the invoice
- Client: Dave Kumar (47 Ashfield Road)
- Labour: 1.5 days
- Materials: Cable + back boxes £180, socket faces £40
You say
“Weekly clean at the Fern Cottage — two hours, cleaning supplies included in the flat rate.”
What lands on the invoice
- Client: Fern Cottage
- Labour: 2 hours
- Note: Supplies within flat rate — no separate line
What’s under the hood
Voice-first, human-approved, MTD-ready.
Nothing saves until you approve
The two-step flow — draft → review → commit — is a deliberate safeguard. If the AI mishears ‘forty-five’ as ‘fifty-five’, you catch it before the invoice is written to your MTD digital record.
CIS handled automatically
Every extracted line item is classified as labour, materials, or exempt. If you’re a CIS subcontractor, the deduction rate applies to the labour portion only. No manual splitting.
Works from the van
Mobile-optimised. Talk into your phone standing next to the vehicle. The invoice is ready to send by the time you’re in the driver’s seat.
Or type — voice is the default, not the only path
Same two-step commit flow with a keyboard if you prefer typing. Voice is one of several entry paths — job cards, quote-to-invoice conversion, and free-form all lead to the same MTD-ready record.
Try it yourself
14-day free trial. No card required.
Sign up, record a first invoice, decide if the workflow suits you. Cancel any time in those 14 days and no card is charged. £15/month locked afterwards.