Free electrician invoice template.Electrician prices already in it.
Six electrical line items at real 2026 Australian prices, already typed. GST worked out, your ABN checked, every element the ATO requires. Free, nothing uploaded.
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ABN — — —
TAX INVOICE
#1001
Bill to
Customer
Dates
Issued 18/09/2026
Due 02/10/2026
| Description | Qty | Unit | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Call out and first hour on site, business hours | 1 | $115.00 | $115.00 |
| Labour after the first hour | 1 | $115.00 | $115.00 |
| Supply and install a single power point, existing wall cavity | 1 | $150.00 | $150.00 |
| Supply and install LED downlights, per light, six or more | 1 | $120.00 | $120.00 |
| Supply and install a hardwired photoelectric smoke alarm | 1 | $150.00 | $150.00 |
| Supply and install a ceiling fan on an existing point | 1 | $200.00 | $200.00 |
Total price includes GST.
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Starting figures, not gospel. Yours depend on your city, your overheads and the job.
ServiceSeeking's electrician guide of 11 February 2026 puts the average at $116.15 an hour from quotes on its platform, with 76% charged hourly and an average job total of $768. Its power point guide of 28 July 2026 puts the average at $112 an hour and the average job at $375. The band is those two averages rounded. ServiceSeeking's own floor of $34 an hour reflects very small jobs and is not a market rate.
| Common electrical line item | Typical price |
|---|---|
| Call out and first hour on site, business hours | $115 to $170 |
| Labour after the first hour | $115 per hour |
| Supply and install a single power point, existing wall cavity | $150 to $250 |
| Supply and install LED downlights, per light, six or more | $120 to $200 |
| Supply and install a hardwired photoelectric smoke alarm | $150 to $250 |
| Supply and install a ceiling fan on an existing point | $200 to $350 |
| Switchboard upgrade with RCBOs, single phase | $1,200 to $2,500 |
| Certificate of Electrical Safety or CCEW, issued with the job | Included |
Hourly rate: ServiceSeeking electrician pricing guide, 11 February 2026 (average $116.15, 76% of quotes hourly, average job $768) and ServiceSeeking's power point installation guide, 28 July 2026 (average $112 an hour, average job $375). The downlight range is corroborated by Airtasker's downlight installation guide, which puts a licensed electrician at $120 to $400 per install. Other line items are the researched labour rate times a realistic time plus materials. Licensing and certificates: Energy Safe Victoria on Certificates of Electrical Safety, including the prescribed work list and the five year retention rule, and NSW requirements for the CCEW lodged within seven days. GST: ATO tax invoices and ATO NDIS guidance. No call-out range is given because no source that publishes its method quotes one.
Licence and certificates
Every state and territory requires an electrical licence, and there is no dollar threshold. Doing the work is one licence, contracting for it is another, so a sole trader normally needs both a worker licence and a contractor licence. On top of the licence, most states require you to issue a certificate for the work. In Victoria that is a Certificate of Electrical Safety, which must go to the customer and to Energy Safe Victoria and be kept for at least five years. Prescribed work such as consumer mains, the main switchboard, the meter box, the main earthing system, solar and battery storage cannot be energised until a licensed electrical inspector has inspected it. In NSW the equivalent is a Certificate of Compliance for Electrical Work, lodged with the customer, the network distributor and Fair Trading within seven days. Put your licence number on the invoice.
GST on electrical work
All commercial and domestic electrical work is a taxable supply, so 10% GST applies. Solar installs are taxable too, and the STC discount a customer sees is an assignment of certificates, not a GST adjustment, so invoice the full price, show the GST, then show the STC assignment as a separate line. NDIS-funded home modifications such as accessible switching can be GST-free, but only if the ATO's four conditions are all met, including a written agreement and the support being in the participant's plan.
Payment terms that get paid
Domestic service work is normally paid on completion, and most sparkies now take payment on site by card or transfer. New builds and commercial fit-outs run on progress claims with 30 day terms or the statutory maximum, whichever is shorter. In NSW a progress payment to a subcontractor is payable 20 business days after the payment claim, 15 for a head contractor. In Queensland a subcontract clause pushing payment past 25 business days is invalid and the statutory default of 10 business days applies instead. Do not sign a builder's contract with 45 or 60 day terms and assume it binds you.
Quoting without the argument
Quote the fixed part and the unknown part separately. Downlights in a plasterboard ceiling with roof access are a fixed price, but the same job in a two-storey with no access is hours. Name the access assumption in the quote, and say what the rate is if it does not hold, so the second half of the job is priced before anyone climbs into the roof.
The certificate is a separate document with its own number, so do not try to merge it into the invoice. Reference it instead. Put the certificate number as a line on the invoice, note that a copy has been sent to the customer, and keep your copy. In Victoria you must give a copy to the customer and lodge it with Energy Safe Victoria, and you have to keep it for at least five years. NSW works the same way with a CCEW, lodged within seven days to the customer, the distributor and Fair Trading. Insurers and conveyancers ask for these years later.
You can invoice, but be careful what the invoice says. Prescribed electrical installation work in Victoria, which covers consumer mains, the main switchboard, the meter box, the main earthing system, solar and battery storage, cannot be energised until a licensed electrical inspector has inspected it. If you invoice before that, say plainly on the invoice that the installation is not to be energised until inspection, and give the certificate number once it is done. Invoicing a job as complete when it is legally not yet allowed to be switched on is the sort of thing that surfaces in a claim.
Show the labour and the materials as separate lines and charge GST on both. Customers accept a switchboard price far more easily when they can see the hours and the gear apart. It also protects your margin: if they want to supply their own components you can strike the materials line and keep the labour line intact, rather than renegotiating a single lump sum. Add a line for the certificate and, where it applies, for the inspection. Keep the supplier invoice, because that is what supports the GST credit you claim on the parts.
Seven things for a sale under $1,000: that the document is intended to be a tax invoice, your identity, your ABN, the date it was issued, a description of the work including quantity and price, the GST amount payable, and which parts of the sale are taxable. At $1,000 or more you also need the buyer's identity or ABN. This tool fills all of them and blocks printing until they are there.
Every state and territory requires an electrical licence, and there is no dollar threshold. Doing the work is one licence, contracting for it is another, so a sole trader normally needs both a worker licence and a contractor licence. On top of the licence, most states require you to issue a certificate for the work. In Victoria that is a Certificate of Electrical Safety, which must go to the customer and to Energy Safe Victoria and be kept for at least five years. Prescribed work such as consumer mains, the main switchboard, the meter box, the main earthing system, solar and battery storage cannot be energised until a licensed electrical inspector has inspected it. In NSW the equivalent is a Certificate of Compliance for Electrical Work, lodged with the customer, the network distributor and Fair Trading within seven days. Put your licence number on the invoice. Alongside the invoice you would normally issue: Certificate of Electrical Safety (Victoria, prescribed and non-prescribed), Certificate of Compliance for Electrical Work, CCEW (NSW), Certificate of Testing and Compliance (Queensland), Electrical safety certificate or notice of completion (WA, SA, TAS equivalents), Smoke alarm compliance record where alarms were installed or tested, Test results for RCD and insulation resistance.
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