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Invoicing overview

DynaCargo never holds your money. You and your counterparty agree a price on the marketplace and settle it between yourselves — bank transfer, mobile money, cash, whatever you already use. What the platform does is record that the payment happened and issue the tax invoice that follows from it.

That distinction matters, so it’s worth stating plainly: there is no wallet, no escrow account, no payout schedule and no Pay now button on a shipment. Marking a booking funded is a statement that you have already paid, not an instruction to move funds.

The settlement flow

  1. Delivery — the transporter captures proof of delivery and the trip becomes Delivered. See Deliveries and proof of delivery.
  2. Payment — the shipper pays the transporter off-platform.
  3. Mark as funded — the shipper records that payment on the trip’s Settlement panel.
  4. Release — once the booking is both delivered and funded, settlement releases automatically. The two can happen in either order.
  5. ZRA invoice — release generates a ZRA-compliant tax invoice against the booking, numbered INV-BKG…, visible to both parties.

DynaCargo charges a 5% platform fee, taken from the transporter’s side. The shipper pays the agreed price in full; the transporter nets 95%. The invoice is for the full agreed price, because that is what the shipper owes.

Settlement states

  • Awaiting payment — delivered or not, the shipper hasn’t confirmed payment yet.
  • Funded — the shipper has confirmed payment. Waiting on delivery, if delivery hasn’t happened.
  • Released — delivered and funded; the tax invoice is generated.
  • Disputed — someone raised a dispute and settlement is frozen until an administrator resolves it.
  • Refunded / Cancelled — terminal states recorded by an administrator.

See Settlement and disputes for the buttons and dialogs.

Manual invoices

Separately from bookings, company accounts can raise a manual ZRA invoice for any work — including work that never went through the marketplace. See Creating invoices.

Tax

Every invoice carries 16% VAT, calculated tax-inclusive, and is fiscalised with the Zambia Revenue Authority. See ZRA tax compliance.

Where to find it

  • Settlement — on the trip: Dashboard → Trips → open the trip → Settlement panel.
  • Invoices — Dashboard → Invoices (/dashboard/invoices), which lists every invoice you can see. Ones raised against a booking carry a Booking badge linking back to the trip.

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