Tax invoice template for Australia

If you're registered for GST and a customer asks for a tax invoice, you must give them one within 28 days, unless the sale is $82.50 or less including GST. Here's what it must show, based on ATO guidance. Then fill in the free template and download a PDF.

What a tax invoice must show (sales under $1,000)

• That the document is intended to be a tax invoice.
• The seller's identity: your name or business name.
• The seller's ABN.
• The date it was issued.
• A brief description of what was sold, with the quantity (if applicable) and the price.
• The GST amount, shown separately, or "Total price includes GST" if GST is exactly one-eleventh of the total.
• The extent to which each sale is taxable.

Sales of $1,000 or more

The tax invoice must also show the buyer's identity or ABN. An invoice that meets the $1,000-or-more rules works for smaller sales too.

Mixed sales

If some items are GST-free, the invoice must show which items are taxable, the GST amount and the total. In Invoice Maker, untick GST applies on a GST-free line; it's marked "No GST" on the invoice.

Make one in Invoice Maker

1. Choose Invoice and tick Call it a "Tax invoice".
2. Add your business name and ABN in your details.
3. Check the tax is GST at 10%.
4. Add your customer's name, and their ABN for sales of $1,000 or more.
5. List each item with quantity and price.
6. Download the PDF and email it. The ATO says a tax invoice doesn't need to be on paper.

Not registered for GST?

Then you can't issue a tax invoice and shouldn't charge GST. See the sole trader invoice template.

Make a tax invoice