Quote it. Invoice it. Know what you made.
Spreadsheet templates that work out the GST and the sums for you. Made for Queensland tradies by a builder who ran his own trade business. No subscription and no app to learn.
Free download. Opens in Excel.
Three paperwork gaps that cost tradies
The quote that left GST off
Writing every quote from scratch is how a line, or the GST, goes missing. A template does the sums once and gets them right on every job.
The invoice that went out late
If you have to retype the job and the customer, the invoice slides to tomorrow. Here it pulls straight from the quote, so there's nothing to retype.
The job that lost money
Plenty of jobs turn out to be under-quoted at tax time. A costing sheet shows your margin when the job is done, while you can still change your rates.
The 5-Minute Quote Template
One tab. Put your business details in once, type the job into the blue cells, and send a clean quote with GST worked out.
- Subtotal, GST and total calculate themselves
- Valid-until date worked out from your quote date
- Prints to a single clean A4 page
- Yours to keep and reuse on every job
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In the works
The Tradies Business Starter Kit: one file from first quote to final margin
A start-to-finish package for small trades and service businesses, with no software subscription to pay for. It prices the job, builds the quote, tracks orders and hours, claims progress, invoices, and checks your margin.
- Cost up materials, labour and subs
- Check your hourly rate covers your overheads
- Markup or margin, set once
- Markup % and margin % shown on every line
- Quote builds itself from the Calculator
- Progress claims by line item
- Tax invoice with variations
- Purchases and supplier invoices
- Hours for people and machines
- Site diary and job dashboard
- Estimated against actual costs
- Margin flagged against your target
- Forecast margin before the job ends
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What do I need to open it?
Microsoft Excel. The templates are built and tested in Excel. They should also open in Google Sheets and Apple Numbers, though some formatting can look different.
Is the quote template really free?
Yes. You enter your email address, the download button appears, and you keep the file. We'll send the occasional email about Dinkum Docs and you can unsubscribe at any time.
Does it work out GST?
Yes. You set your GST rate once and every quote and invoice calculates it from there. It's a calculation aid, so check the GST rules for your own situation.
Get your next quote out in five minutes. Download the free template and try it on your next job.
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