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Can you then reset that (skip) if you manually need to invoice a client because of some special requirements?

Yes sir - So that if you've sent 5 invoices via another system, you can bump it and have it restart there. This is under your Profile, but you're the 2nd person to ask so I might move it into the Create Invoice Dialog.

Thanks for poking :)

When I was starting out as an independent consultant, I'd manually increase invoice numbers by a semi-random number (instead of +1), so it looks like I had many invoices/clients. Later I switched to a less predictable invoice format like "20220111-01".

I don't know if fudging invoices numbers was helpful, but I'm pretty sure that sending "invoice+1" to the same client several times in a row is never positive signaling for independents (at best, it's neutral if no one looks, but it could be negative).

I recall doing the same some 15 years ago :) I'll add a setting for increments which can be an int or Random. It won't be viable everywhere, but some will hopefully find it useful.

It is a good idea if your tax aythority and law like it.

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