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Invoice templates for Aussie tradies, by trade

Generic templates get the ATO basics wrong and know nothing about your trade. Each template below is built for how that trade actually invoices: licence numbers for sparkies, GST-free rules for NDIS supports, progress claims for builders. And every one passes the ATO’s tax invoice requirements.

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Sole Trader

Sole traders across every trade and service: the one invoice format that has to work whether you are registered for GST or still under the $75,000 threshold.

→ Free sole trader invoice template (PDF)→ Filled-in sole trader invoice example

Electrician

Electrical Services: one of the largest sole-trader trades in Australia, with most sparkies invoicing a mix of labour, materials at markup, and fixed call-out fees.

→ Free electrician invoice template (PDF)→ Filled-in electrician invoice example

Plumber

Plumbing Services: call-out driven work where emergency rates, fixed-price jobs and do-and-charge all appear on the same week's invoices.

→ Free plumber invoice template (PDF)→ Filled-in plumber invoice example

Carpenter

Carpentry Services: framing, fix-out, decks and doors, usually quoted per job or per square metre with materials either supplied or on-charged.

→ Free carpenter invoice template (PDF)→ Filled-in carpenter invoice example

Cleaner

Cleaning Services: a trade where a large share of sole traders sit under the $75,000 GST threshold, which changes what the invoice must (and must not) say.

→ Free cleaner invoice template (PDF)→ Filled-in cleaner invoice example

Landscaper

Landscaping Services: supply-heavy work where materials (turf, soil, plants, sleepers) often outweigh labour on the invoice, and green-waste disposal is its own real cost.

→ Free landscaper invoice template (PDF)→ Filled-in landscaper invoice example

Painter

Painting Services: quoted by room, by square metre or by the job, with paint either included in the rate or supplied as its own line.

→ Free painter invoice template (PDF)→ Filled-in painter invoice example

Builder

Building & construction: where invoicing means progress claims, variations and deposits under a written contract, and the paperwork requirements step up accordingly.

→ Free builder invoice template (PDF)→ Filled-in builder invoice example

NDIS Support Worker

Independent NDIS support work: where invoices go to plan managers as often as participants, must carry NDIS-specific fields, and the supports themselves are usually GST-free.

→ Free ndis support worker invoice template (PDF)→ Filled-in ndis support worker invoice example

Bricklayer

Bricklaying Services: priced per thousand bricks, per block or per square metre, usually as a subcontractor to a builder, with progress claims and retention on bigger jobs.

→ Free bricklayer invoice template (PDF)→ Filled-in bricklayer invoice example

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