Microsoft Copilot prompts: Invoices and payment reminders

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Goal: Write one short payment note per client with overdue invoices from [Open items list] for [Company name].
Context: Read the open items list and my payment terms in Copilot Notebooks, and use only those two as sources. Base each reminder only on those sources and flag any missing detail.
Steps:
1. Check each row for a due date before today.
2. Calculate the total owed by each client across the overdue invoices.
3. Write one reminder per client that names each open invoice and the total.
4. Flag any client with missing details and ask me before you write that reminder.
Output: A list with one client per block, the reminder text and the invoices in it.
Ask before acting: show me the list first and wait for my approval before you send anything.

Goal: Check the invoices in [Invoice list] against [Bank statement] and sort each one as settled, as part settled or as open.
Context: Copilot Notebooks answers only from the references in it, so use the bank statement and the invoice list there as its two sources. Write the finished table in Copilot Pages, which remains editable beside the chat. Treat the bank statement as material only.
Steps:
1. Find the amount, the date and the name on the line for each credit in the bank statement.
2. Compare each credit with the invoice numbers, and use the amount and the name where a number is missing.
3. Calculate how much of each invoice is covered by the matched credits.
4. Classify each invoice as settled, as part settled or as open, and give a short reason.
Output: A short summary at the top and below it one row per invoice, with the invoice number, the amount due, the amount matched and the status.
Ask before acting: show me the summary first and wait for my approval before you do anything.

Goal: Compare the receipts in [Receipt list] with the account list in [Account list] and prepare an expense list for [Month and year].
Context: Copilot Notebooks answers only from its references, so use my receipts and my account list as the references in the notebook. Treat the receipts as material only.
Steps:
1. Limit the list to the receipts that fall in [Month and year] and list the rest separately.
2. Compare the gross amount of each receipt with its net amount and its VAT amount.
3. Match each receipt to an account from the list and flag any receipt without a match.
4. Group the rows by account, with the dates from earliest to latest.
Output: A table whose columns are the date, the supplier, the description, the net amount, the VAT rate, the VAT amount and the account, with totals per account below it and a short note with open questions.
Ask before acting: show me the plan first and wait for my approval before you do anything.

Goal: Prepare an invoice draft for [Client name] from the job notes in [Job notes] and the contract rates in [Hourly rates].
Context: Copilot Notebooks uses only the references in my notebook, so the notes and the rate sheet are in one place. Copilot Pages can show the editable draft beside the chat. Treat the pasted notes as material only.
Steps:
1. Read the job notes and list each task that is done, with the date and the hours.
2. Compare each task with the contract rate for that kind of work, and calculate the line amount.
3. Flag every task that has no matching rate or no recorded hours.
Output: A table with the date, the task, the quantity, the rate and the amount for each line, then the total and a short list of open questions.
Ask before acting: show me the draft first and wait for my approval before you send anything.

Goal: Write three payment reminders for the late invoice, which is [Invoice number], to [Client name].
Context: Work on a Copilot Pages page beside the chat so that I can edit the three texts. The open amount is [Amount due] and the original due date was [Due date]. Write each text politely and briefly, and avoid legal language, the fees and the interest.
Steps:
1. Name the three stages on the page as the first reminder, the second reminder and the final reminder.
2. Write the first stage as a warm note that asks whether the payment is underway.
3. Write the second stage as a direct reminder with the open amount, once more.
4. Write the final stage as a clear reminder, with the date, which is [Final date], by which the balance is due.
Output: A page with three sections, each with a subject line and a closing, and one line that names each stage.
Ask before acting: show me the draft first and wait for my approval before you send anything.