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However they pay you, invoice it right.

Hourly for one company, a day rate for another, a flat fee for a show. Every invoice comes out right.

A quick confirmation now, then one email when it opens.

Want a look first? Try the demo. No sign-up, and nothing you type is kept.

TheDayRate’s Home screen on a phone: £3,200.75 owed to you, two invoices late, and £536.25 of shifts ready to invoice.

The real app, with sample data

From your diary to paid

  1. Work the gig

    Arena show daySat 3 Oct · 10:00 to 20:30

    Connect your Google, Apple or Outlook calendar and your gigs come in by themselves.

  2. Invoice it at the right rate

    Multi Discipline Crew10.5 hours at £22.50 £236.25

    Your rate bands for each client are built in. No sums, no copying.

  3. Get paid, tax put aside

    +£236.25 receivedTax pot updated

    Mark it paid, or let your bank statement do it. Your tax figure moves with it.

Different rates for different roles

One company can pay you four different rates. Each shift is billed at the right one.

  • General crew£18.50/h
  • Lead / op crew£20.00/h
  • Multi discipline crew£22.50/h
  • Production manager£25.00/h

A tax pot that keeps up

Each time you're paid, we work out the tax and National Insurance on it and add it to your pot.

Harbour AV paid you£360.00 Added to your tax pot+£93.60 In your pot so far£1,248.60 At the basic rate: 20% tax and 6% National Insurance
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Every mile, claimed

Home to the warehouse, the warehouse to the venue. Every road mile is claimed at 55p.

And the paperwork around it

Receipts kept with the expense
Take a photo or add a PDF. It’s there when you need it.
Bank statements in, not typed out
Upload a statement from Monzo, Starling or most UK banks and tick what was for work.
Invoices that look like yours
Your logo, colour and wording. VAT added if you’re registered.
Made for your phone
Send the invoice from the car park after the load-out.
Late payers stand out
Anything overdue sits at the top of your home screen, with the days counted.
Yours to take away
Download everything whenever you like, in a file you can keep.

Tax months, the way HMRC counts them

Your money is grouped the way the tax year runs, so what you see here matches your tax return.

About us

Most crew keep mileage in one place, invoices in another and receipts nowhere at all. We wanted it all in one app, so you can stay on top of it without needing an accountant.

Ben Campbell.

Ben Campbell

Freelance AV crew

Micah Howie.

Micah Howie

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