EOFY 2026: How Tradies Can Sort Every Invoice Before June 30

It’s late June, which means two things for every Australian tradie: the end of the financial year is days away, and there’s almost certainly money sitting in unpaid invoices that should be in your account before 30 June.

EOFY doesn’t have to be a scramble. This is a simple checklist to get every invoice sorted, compliant, and paid — most of it from your phone, between jobs.

1. Get every unpaid invoice out the door

The first job is the obvious one: anything you’ve done but haven’t billed. Every un-sent invoice is money you’re handing to next financial year (and possibly forgetting entirely).

• Go through the last few weeks of jobs and make sure each one has an invoice.
• Send them today — don’t wait. The sooner it’s in the customer’s hands, the sooner it’s paid.
• Add a card payment link so they can pay on the spot instead of “I’ll transfer it later.”

2. Make sure each invoice is a compliant tax invoice

If you’re registered for GST, the ATO has specific requirements. For any sale over $82.50 (inc. GST), a valid tax invoice must show:

• The words “Tax Invoice”
• Your business name and ABN
• The date issued
• A description of the goods or services
• The GST amount, or a statement that GST is included
• The total

For invoices of $1,000 or more, you also need the buyer’s identity or ABN. Getting this wrong is one of the most common EOFY headaches — and it’s exactly the kind of thing software should handle for you so you never think about it.

Not registered for GST? You only have to register once your turnover hits $75,000/year. Below that, you issue a regular invoice (no GST) — but it should still show your name, ABN if you have one, the date, and a clear description.

3. Chase the money you’re already owed

This is where most tradies leave cash on the table. You’ve done the work and sent the invoice — but it’s still unpaid. Before 30 June:

• Re-send every overdue invoice with a payment link attached.
• Add a clear due date so there’s a deadline, not an open-ended “whenever.”
• Follow up on WhatsApp — a quick, friendly message (“Hey mate, just following up on invoice #1042 — here’s the link to pay by card”) gets results far faster than another email into the void.

The goal: turn “owed” into “paid” before the financial year closes.

4. Have your records in one place for tax time

When you sit down with your accountant (or do it yourself), you want every invoice, GST figure, and payment in one place — not scattered across a notebook, a phone camera roll, and three different chat threads.

If your invoices live in one app, your income and GST totals are already organised. That alone can save you hours and a chunk of your accountant’s bill.

How Spanner makes EOFY a non-event

Spanner is built for exactly this. Australian tradies and mechanics use it to:

• Create a compliant GST tax invoice in under a minute — 10% GST and your ABN added automatically, “Tax Invoice” label and all.
• Share via WhatsApp, email or PDF in one tap — the way your customers actually communicate.
• Attach a card payment link to every invoice so customers pay instantly from their phone.
• See what’s paid and what’s outstanding at a glance — so chasing money before 30 June takes minutes, not an afternoon.

You can start on the free plan and have your first invoice out before you’ve finished your coffee.

The EOFY checklist, in one place

• ☐ Every completed job has an invoice
• ☐ All un-sent invoices sent today
• ☐ Each tax invoice shows “Tax Invoice”, ABN, GST, date, description, total
• ☐ Overdue invoices re-sent with a payment link and due date
• ☐ Followed up unpaid invoices on WhatsApp
• ☐ All invoices and GST totals in one place for your accountant

Knock these off before 30 June and you’ll start the new financial year clean, paid, and ahead — instead of chasing last year’s money in July.