Stripe handles invoices and payment collection. Everhour keeps task and project hours ready for billing review before money moves.
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Build a billing-ready time record by ensuring each entry has a customer, project, task or service description, billable status, rate, and approval status before Stripe sees it. Without those fields, the invoice line becomes vague and the billing team has to reconstruct the work after the fact.
Stripe enters the process when approved time becomes invoice data. A billing workflow normally maps tracked hours to a Stripe customer plus pricing or amount fields, currency, description, optional service period, and quantity or decimal quantity. Stripe invoice items are component lines of an invoice, so a time entry, task summary, or project subtotal becomes the line the customer sees.
Stripe allows up to 250 invoice items on a draft invoice. That limit matters for time tracking because raw daily entries can quickly create too many lines for a busy client. A practical setup groups time by project, task, person, service period, or billing rate before creating the invoice, depending on how much detail the customer needs.
Fractional-hour billing also needs consistent rounding. Stripe supports `quantity_decimal` and `unit_amount_decimal` with up to 12 decimal places, so a system can carry precise quantities into invoice items. The billing policy still needs a clear rule, such as billing to the nearest quarter hour or using exact decimal time. Precision in the API does not replace a stated billing method.
Stripe invoices created through the API start as drafts and stay editable until finalization. That draft stage is the right place to review descriptions, rates, quantities, customer details, taxes handled elsewhere, and currency formatting. After finalization, the invoice becomes open and can be sent or paid, so late time corrections need a credit, revision, or separate invoice workflow.
Stripe supports `charge_automatically` and `send_invoice` collection methods. If you use `send_invoice`, the invoice needs `days_until_due` or a due date. Stripe can also generate a Hosted Invoice Page where the customer views details, pays with enabled payment methods, and downloads invoice or receipt PDFs. Invoice URLs expire 30 days after the due date or finalization when no due date exists, with a maximum window of 120 days.
A one-off time export is enough when you invoice a small client once, group a few approved hours, and create the Stripe invoice manually. A spreadsheet can handle the grouping, and Stripe can handle the draft invoice and payment collection. The handoff still needs care because Stripe amount values use the currency's minor unit, such as 1099 for $10.99 USD.
A managed workflow is the better fit when multiple people track time, approvals matter, and billing status needs to come back after payment. Everhour Time Tracking captures task and project hours through timers or manual entries, then feeds timesheets, reporting, budgeting, invoicing, and payroll review. Stripe lifecycle events such as `invoice.created`, `invoice.finalized`, `invoice.sent`, and `invoice.paid` can support a payment-status sync through an API or automation layer.
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Stripe does not function as a time tracker. It handles customers, invoices, payments, and invoice lifecycle events. A time-based billing workflow needs a separate source for hours, projects, rates, and approvals, then maps approved billable time into Stripe invoice items or usage-style billing data before payment collection.
A time-based Stripe invoice item normally needs the customer, pricing or amount data, currency, description, optional service period, and a quantity or decimal quantity for billable hours. The description should name the work clearly enough for client review, such as project, task group, person, or service period.
Every time entry should not automatically become its own invoice item. Stripe allows up to 250 invoice items on a draft invoice, so detailed time logs can exceed the limit. Group entries by project, task, billing rate, or date range when the customer needs clarity without a line for every timer entry.
Stripe invoice items support decimal quantities and decimal unit amounts with up to 12 decimal places. That supports fractional-hour billing, but the billing policy must still define the rounding rule. Use one consistent method for the client, such as exact decimal time or quarter-hour increments.
The fastest failure is sending unapproved or poorly labeled time into a finalized Stripe invoice. Draft invoices can be edited before finalization, but finalized invoices move into the open stage for sending or payment. Review customer mapping, rates, currency, descriptions, quantities, and service periods before finalizing.
Everhour Time Tracking records task and project hours through live timers or manual entries, then routes that time into timesheets, reports, budgets, invoices, and payroll review. Admins can use approvals, locked periods, reminders, and timer rules so only reviewed hours feed the billing workflow.
Track approved project hours before creating Stripe invoice lines. Everhour gives teams timer-based records, manual entries, approvals, and billing-ready reporting before payment collection starts.
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