A compliant UK VAT invoice for construction work must show your VAT registration number, invoice number and date, the supply date, a description of the work, the net amount and VAT rate per line, the total VAT and the gross total. Where more than one rate applies — 20% standard, 5% reduced on qualifying conversions and renovations, 0% on certain new build — each rate is totalled separately. Under the domestic reverse charge no VAT is charged, and the invoice must state that the customer accounts for it.
Construction is one of the few trades where three VAT rates can appear on one job. A single-rate invoice template quietly gets that wrong, and the correction lands on you rather than the customer.
Standard, reduced and zero-rated lines are each totalled separately so the VAT summary is correct without manual arithmetic.
For CIS-registered customers who are not end users, the template drops the VAT charge and carries the required statement.
VAT number, sequential invoice number, tax point, description of supply and per-rate breakdown are all on the face of the document.
Applies VAT correctly to deposits and staged applications rather than only to the final invoice.
The reduced rate applies to qualifying work such as converting a property into a different number of dwellings and renovating a dwelling empty for two or more years. The conditions are specific, so check the current HMRC guidance for the job in question.
The invoice must make clear that the domestic reverse charge applies and that the customer is required to account for the VAT. It should also show the VAT amount the customer must account for, even though you are not charging it.
No, but if you are not registered you must not show VAT on the invoice at all. The template can be used without the VAT lines.
Yes — VAT rate is set per line on the quote and carried through to the invoice, including reverse charge handling and the per-rate summary.
A compliant UK VAT invoice for construction work must show your VAT registration number, invoice number and date, the supply date, a description of the work, the net amount and VAT rate per line, the total VAT and the gross total. Where more than one rate applies — 20% standard, 5% reduced on qualifying conversions and renovations, 0% on certain new build — each rate is totalled separately. Under the domestic reverse charge no VAT is charged, and the invoice must state that the customer accounts for it. WinkScope subscriptions are charged in USD worldwide. Local currency here is how you price your own jobs inside WinkScope — quotes, invoices, price book and reports all render in it.