LawServa · LawServa: Legal Practice Manual
Billing in LawServa turns recorded time and disbursements into numbered bills with SST on professional fees, tracks what each client owes, and sends each bill to LHDN MyInvois as an e-invoice. Vouchers control disbursements, Payments collects money online, and Costs Orders and Bills of Costs record costs the court has ordered. Partners and accounts staff use these screens.
Each screen has its own permission: billing, vouchers, payments, costs orders, bills of costs and e-invoice. e-Invoice Settings needs the e-invoice management permission. Your firm's SST registration is set in the firm profile under Firm Management.
To abandon a draft, press Cancel Draft. Once issued, the bill can be sent with Email Client and printed as a PDF.
Open the bill and press Record Receipt. Choose the method and whether the money is paid from client account or received directly. The Billing list shows each bill's total, amount paid and outstanding balance, and the Ageing panel shows how long debts have been owed.
SST is charged on professional fees, not on disbursements, when the firm is registered for SST.
Choose Vouchers under Money to request a disbursement. Press Raise Voucher, complete Raise a Voucher and submit. A voucher goes through two levels of approval before it is paid; approvers press Approve or Refuse.
Payments is a tab of Billing. LawServa takes online payments through Billplz.
Each request shows as Waiting, Paid, Failed, Expired or Cancelled, and Cancel It withdraws one still waiting. When a client pays, LawServa records the money in the ledger at the same time and shows any processing fee as coming out of office account. What the Gateway Told Us shows each confirmation received.
Costs Orders records what the court ordered: who must pay whom, a fixed sum or costs to be taxed, and the date to pay. Press Record Costs Order to add one. Bills of Costs holds the bills the firm prepares for taxation. See Costs Orders and Bills of Costs for the full steps.
e-Invoice is a tab of Billing and is the register of documents sent to LHDN MyInvois.
| Status | What It Means |
|---|---|
| Waiting to Be Filed | Queued for submission |
| Filed, Waiting for LHDN | Sent and awaiting validation |
| Validated by LHDN | Accepted; the validation QR link is available |
| Rejected by LHDN | Not accepted; the reason is shown |
| Cancelled | Cancelled within the permitted window |
| Could Not Reach LHDN | The submission failed and can be retried |
Use Check Status to refresh a submission, File Again to retry, and Cancel Filing to cancel within LHDN's window. Build Consolidated prepares a month-end consolidated e-invoice. Queue Backlog sends bills that have never been filed.
The e-Invoice Settings tab sets up the firm's MyInvois connection.
| Field | What It Means |
|---|---|
| File e-Invoices with LHDN | Switches e-invoice filing on |
| Environment | Sandbox, for testing where nothing filed is real, or Production, where every document is a real tax filing |
| Client ID, Client Secret | The MyInvois credentials for the firm; Remove Secret deletes the stored secret |
| Filing on behalf of, TIN | Used when filing through an intermediary |
| MSIC code | The firm's business activity code |
| Classification code for professional fees | The LHDN classification for fees |
| Classification code for disbursements | The LHDN classification for disbursements |
| Disbursements are outside the scope of service tax, Exemption reason sent to LHDN | How disbursements are reported |
| File automatically, without asking | Files each bill when issued |
| Allow a month-end consolidated e-Invoice | Enables consolidated filing |
| Give up after this many attempts | How many times a failed filing is retried |
Press Save Settings when done.
Bills are numbered without gaps and must remain on record. Correct them with a credit note.
Read the rejection reason in the e-Invoice register, correct the underlying details, and use File Again.
No. LawServa charges SST on professional fees only.
LawServa shows the processing fee as coming out of office account, never client account.