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Invoicing & payment — Australia

5 posts for this country. We write our own posts per country instead of translations — the source and the date it was checked sit under every one.

  • Invoicing & payment

    Security of Payment Act by state: eight sets of deadlines

    There is no Australian security of payment act. There are eight, and they disagree about when a payment schedule is due, when the money is due, and what happens if nobody responds.

    Zirko Redaktion11 min read
  • The outgoing documents list in Australian dollars: columns for number, document type, recipient, date, due date, gross amount and outstanding balance; the rows run from tax invoices and quotes to an interim invoice described as a progress claim, with status pills from Draft and Issued to Overdue and Paid.

    Invoicing & payment

    Tradie invoice: the $1,000 line most jobs cross

    The Friday run for an Australian trade business: was the quote GST-inclusive, the $75 and $1,000 lines, the payment claim that is not a tax invoice, and a sub who quoted no ABN.

    Zirko Redaktion3 min read

  • Invoicing & payment

    NSW Security of Payment Act: 20 business days, 10 to answer

    New South Wales gives a subcontractor 20 business days to be paid and the payer 10 business days to answer. Miss the schedule and the whole claimed amount is owed with no defences.

    Zirko Redaktion12 min read

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    Queensland Security of Payment Act: 15 business days to answer

    Queensland is the only jurisdiction where failing to answer a payment claim is an offence and grounds for QBCC disciplinary action. Your contract's payment terms may already be void.

    Zirko Redaktion12 min read

  • Invoicing & payment

    Security of Payment Act Victoria: what the 2025 rewrite changed

    Excluded amounts are gone. No contract may push a progress payment past 20 business days. Payment claims now have their own statutory calendar, including two December rules.

    Zirko Redaktion11 min read