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Government clients also use the invoice number to record the tax liability and even process payments. Invoice number Traditionally, invoice numbers act as a way to uniquely identify each sales invoice. Customer service representatives use that number to quickly find the invoice when a customer calls with questions.
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We have no sales reports to even know who his primary contacts are with the clients. I eventually found someone at the client firm that knew our salesperson. The client told me our Superstar salesperson was great at customer service. In other words, he was the kind of salesperson any client would like to work alongside.
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