Invoicing by country
The invoice itself is the same everywhere: who, what, how much, by when. What changes is the currency, the name of the tax, and which registration number your customer expects to see.
Each page below sets the scene for one country and gives you the generator to work in. We describe what businesses there normally put on an invoice — we do not state tax rates, thresholds or filing rules, because those change and getting them from a website instead of your tax authority is how people get caught out.
- United StatesUSD, plus a sales tax page for each of the 50 states.
- United KingdomGBP, VAT wording and the UK's late payment culture.
- AustraliaAUD, GST and ABN details on a tax invoice.
- New ZealandNZD, GST wording and NZBN details.
- CanadaCAD, GST/HST and provincial sales taxes.
Invoicing across borders
If your customer is in a different country from you, the safe defaults are: invoice in the currency you agreed, show your own registration number, state the customer's country on the invoice, and say who carries any bank charges. Whether you charge tax at all on a cross-border sale depends on both jurisdictions — check before you assume, and nothing here is tax advice.