{"id":256733,"date":"2022-10-24T19:36:42","date_gmt":"2022-10-24T17:36:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.easyap.com\/?p=247517"},"modified":"2026-08-17T15:08:29","modified_gmt":"2026-08-17T13:08:29","slug":"conoces-la-diferencia-entre-factura-y-albaran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.easyap.com\/en\/blog\/conoces-la-diferencia-entre-factura-y-albaran\/","title":{"rendered":"Do you know the difference between an Invoice and a Delivery Note?"},"content":{"rendered":"

You don’t need to be a finance expert or work in an accounting department to have heard of the two concepts in this article: invoice and delivery note. These are terms you’ve surely come across, either as recipients or issuers. However, it’s common to find people who confuse them. That’s why we pose the following question: do you know the <\/span>difference between an invoice and a delivery note?<\/b><\/a>And, furthermore, do you know how they are managed today, in a world where digital transformation has changed everything? All this and much more is what you will find in the following lines.<\/span><\/p>\n

What is the difference between an invoice and a delivery note?<\/b><\/h2>\n

Let’s start with the basics. That is, by clearly establishing that <\/span>an invoice and a delivery note are not the same.<\/b>Not now that they are issued online, nor in the past when both were done with paper and pen. Therefore, before comparing and differentiating them, let’s first define <\/span>what an invoice is<\/b> and <\/span>what a delivery note is<\/b>.<\/span><\/p>\n

What is an invoice?<\/b><\/h3>\n

On the one hand, an invoice is a <\/span>document that details the purchase of a product or service for a price.<\/b>It also specifies the date of the transaction, as well as the tax details of the parties involved. In turn, this invoice must be issued by the seller and delivered to the buyer for payment as agreed.<\/span><\/p>\n

What is a delivery note?<\/b><\/h3>\n

For its part, a delivery note is a <\/span>document given to the buyer<\/b>or, failing that, to the person receiving a good or service. This recipient, in turn, must sign the delivery note <\/span>to confirm receipt<\/b>. For this reason, it is also commonly called a <\/span>delivery receipt<\/b>. In fact, it has accounting functions, but not tax functions.<\/span><\/p>\n

At this point, once an invoice and a delivery note have been defined, one can already intuit the main characteristic that makes these documents different. The main <\/span>The difference between an invoice and a delivery note is that an invoice must justify the payment of the operation, while a delivery note does not.<\/b> The delivery note only justifies the receipt of the product or service, not that it has been paid for. <\/span><\/p>\n

The components of a delivery note<\/b><\/h2>\n

Due to its characteristics, <\/span>the delivery note will become an invoice once it is collected by the seller.<\/b>What’s more, the company that issues the delivery note can create several and compile them all into a single invoice. This is a very common practice in commercial operations where the product or service involves multiple different deliveries. <\/span><\/p>\n

And, what information must it contain exactly? Specifically, the <\/span>components that a delivery note must obligatorily include<\/b> are: <\/span><\/p>\n