Tiling invoice template for floors, walls and bathrooms

Floor, wall and detail work at different rates

Tilers price per square meter, but not at one rate. Wall tiling is slower than floor tiling because of cuts, levels and spacers. Large format tiles need more care than standard ones, and mosaic or herringbone patterns take longer again. A tiler invoice should give each type of area its own line and rate.

Edges are billed by length: tile trims, skirting and stair nosing per meter. Shower niches, window reveals and similar fiddly details are often a fixed price each. Measure the actual tiled area on completion and bill that, rounded the way your quote said, rather than the area of the room on a plan.

Example lines on a tile installation invoice

A bathroom and kitchen job usually needs six or so lines. The figures below are examples in rand, including the units most tilers use; they are there to show the format, not to set a market rate, which varies with the tile, the city and the condition of the walls.

Client supplied tiles versus supply and fix

Some clients choose and buy their own tiles at a showroom, then hire a tiler to lay them. On that kind of job your invoice is labor and consumables only. On a supply and fix job you also bill the tiles, usually with an allowance for cuts and breakages agreed in the quote.

Say which it is in the notes: “Tiles supplied by client, 42 m2 delivered 6 Oct”. If boxes arrive short or a batch does not match in shade, write it down before you start. That record matters when the client later asks why the job took an extra day, and it supports any return visit charge your terms allow.

SARS rules for a tiling invoice template

SARS sets VAT at 15%, and a registered vendor must issue a tax invoice within 21 days of the supply. The document must carry the words “Tax Invoice”, “VAT Invoice” or “Invoice”. What else it needs depends on value, and a full bathroom retile usually passes R5,000.

• More than R5,000: a full tax invoice with your name, address and VAT number, the client’s name and address and their VAT number if they are a vendor, a serial number and date, a full description, the quantity, and the value, VAT and total.
• Under R5,000: an abridged tax invoice, without the client’s details or quantity, is allowed.
• Show VAT as price, VAT and total, or as a total with “VAT included @ 15%”.

SARS also says prices charged, advertised or quoted by a vendor must include VAT, so quote homeowners the VAT inclusive figure. Compulsory registration starts at R2.3 million of taxable supplies from 1 April 2026. Our South African invoice template page has more, and the VAT calculation guide shows the math.

Tiler invoice mistakes that cost money

Tiling mistakes on invoices usually lose the tiler money rather than overcharge the client. Preparation and consumables are the lines most often forgotten, and they are hard to add after the client has seen a total. Check these before the invoice goes out.

1. Forgetting preparation. Lifting old tiles and leveling are real work; bill them.
2. Adhesive and grout left off on a client supplied job.
3. One rate for walls and floors when the quote had two.
4. No client VAT number on a full tax invoice to a registered business.

Using the tiling template and generator

Download the tiling layout as Word, Excel or PDF from this page. Or open the tiling invoice maker with a bathroom retile loaded, which sets South Africa and 15% VAT, and swap in your areas, rates and client details.

Vinyl, laminate and wood floors suit the flooring invoice template, and bathroom plumbing done alongside the tiling belongs on the plumbing invoice. Need a price first? Try the tiling quote template on WhizQuote. Every layout is on the invoice templates hub.