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# What creates Invoices tasks

Invoices tasks track invoices that need attention. Overdue means the invoice passed its due date without being paid. Email Bounced means the invoice could not be delivered to the customer. Payment Failed means a payment attempt on the invoice did not go through. Print and Mail means a subscription set to "Create task to print and mail invoice to customer" generated an invoice that nobody has been emailed about: open the task, use Open Invoice to Print, post it to the customer, and mark the task complete.

You work each task by moving it through its statuses. An Invoices task can also move into a custom folder your business has added, and back to its original Invoices folder, using **Move to Folder** in Quick Actions — see [Organize task categories and folders](/administration/settings/organize-task-categories-and-folders.md). The Invoices group appears if you have permission to view invoices.

> **Where to find it:** Tasks page, the Invoices group in the left sidebar

## Print several invoices together

1. Open **Tasks → Invoices → Print and Mail**.
2. Check the tasks you want to print: hover over a task and tick its checkbox, then tick the others (or click **Select all** in the bar above the list).
3. In the panel on the right, click **Print Invoices**. Essential combines the selected tasks' invoices into one PDF, in the order shown, and opens your browser's print dialog. You can print up to 100 invoices at a time.
4. Mail the invoices. The tasks stay selected, so you can mark them all complete right away: choose the status under **Task Status** and click **Apply to N Tasks**. Printing alone does not change task statuses.

On a phone or narrow window, check the invoice numbers on the tasks instead and click **Print selected (N)**.

Changing the folder, status filters, search, or sort clears your selection. If a PDF cannot be prepared, Essential tells you how many were skipped; check the printout before mailing. See [Select several tasks and work on them together](/field-operations/tasks/select-several-tasks-and-work-on-them-together.md) for everything else you can do with a selection.

## Related guides

* [How tasks are created and organized](/field-operations/tasks/how-tasks-are-created-and-organized.md)
* [The Tasks inbox: folders, status filters, and search](/field-operations/tasks/the-tasks-inbox-folders-status-filters-and-search.md)
* [What creates Deficiencies tasks](/field-operations/tasks/what-creates-deficiencies-tasks.md)
* [What creates Jobs tasks (and moving them between folders)](/field-operations/tasks/what-creates-jobs-tasks-and-moving-them-between-folders.md)
* [What creates Quotes tasks](/field-operations/tasks/what-creates-quotes-tasks.md)
* [Organize task categories and folders](/administration/settings/organize-task-categories-and-folders.md)


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