Free tools
Free tools for the half of the job nobody trained you for
Free, no account. Every tax and statutory figure comes from the authority that publishes it, dated and linked, and re-read at each financial-year boundary.
- Charge-out rateCharge-out rate calculator for tradiesWork out what an hour has to sell for to leave you the income you actually want — after the hours you never invoice, the overheads nobody counts, and the superannuation nobody pays you.
- Job profit marginJob profit margin calculatorCost the job properly — hours, materials, subbies, the other bits — and see what it actually left behind, what an hour on it really sold for, and what it needed to sell for to hit the margin you're aiming at. Adding 20% to your costs is not a 20% margin, and the gap costs more than most tradies think.
- Materials markupMaterials markup calculator for tradiesWork out what to add to the supplier's price so the materials carry the margin you actually want — after the offcuts, the delivery and the hour you spent at the trade counter. Adding 20% to the invoice is not a 20% margin, and it's before any of those.
- True cost of an employeeWhat does an employee really cost?A wage is not what somebody costs. Add superannuation, the levies an employer pays on top, and the hours you pay for but can't sell — then work out what an hour of their time is really costing you.
- Invoice generatorFree invoice generator for tradiesMake an invoice that's actually valid where you work. Most free generators ship one template for the whole world — this one knows what Australia requires on the document, and tells you what's still missing.
- Quote generatorFree quote generator for tradiesMake a quote that's ready to send from your phone: your details, the work line by line, GST worked out, a date the price holds until, and a line for them to say yes. Print it, save it as a PDF, or email it to yourself to forward.
- Payment remindersPayment reminder generator for tradiesPut in the invoice, get the four messages that chase it — polite, from the business, dated to the days they should go out — ready to text or email. You never have to write “just following up” again.
- Business health checkThe other half: a two-minute health check for your trade businessTen yes-or-no questions about the half of the job nobody trained you for — winning the work, pricing it, the evenings, getting paid, knowing what it made. Scored by area, so it tells you which one is leaking and what to do about it first.