Invoice generator NZ: tax invoices with GST

How to make a invoice in one minute

1. Choose New Zealand under Country preset. Currency switches to NZD, Paper size to A4, dates to DD/MM/YYYY, a GST line at 15% appears under Totals and the heading reads Tax Invoice.
2. Fill in From with your name or trading name, address and GST No. Leave the number blank and remove the GST line if you are not registered.
3. Fill in Bill to with the customer's name and address, and their GST No. if they are a registered business. Check the Invoice number, Date and Due date.
4. List your Line items with a Description, Qty, Unit and Rate. Untick GST on any zero-rated line so the GST amount under Totals is right.
5. Add your bank account number under Payment details, keep or edit the Notes, then press Download PDF.

What an invoice in New Zealand must show

Inland Revenue describes what a tax invoice needs to show, and the editor’s checklist for the New Zealand preset follows it. If you are registered for GST, the document should say Tax Invoice, so the preset prints that heading whenever the GST line has a rate above zero. Remove the line and the heading reads Invoice, which suits a sole trader who is not registered.

Your name or trading name and your GST number go in the From block, where the label reads GST No. Then the invoice date, printed DD/MM/YYYY, and a unique number that the counter increments for you. The customer’s name and address go in Bill to, with a GST No. field for business customers who will claim the GST back.

Each line item needs a description of the goods or services and the quantity, which the Description, Qty, Unit and Rate columns provide, and the amount is calculated. Under Totals, the GST amount is shown on its own line at 15%, or, with the tax-inclusive toggle on, the invoice states that GST is included in the total and shows how much. Either way the customer can see the GST component.

The currency defaults to New Zealand dollars and the paper to A4, both changeable under Document settings. The notes template reads “Payment by the due date is appreciated. Bank account details are below.” and you can edit it. Presets are starting points — confirm current rates and requirements with your tax authority. New Zealand’s rules now speak of taxable supply information rather than tax invoices, and the amount of detail required depends on the value of the sale; the Tax Invoice heading is still widely used, the checklist covers the fuller set of details, and rates here are defaults as of 2026-09-27.

Invoice generator NZ: GST at 15% and the Tax Invoice heading in the editor

New Zealand has one GST rate, so the preset loads a single line at 15% and the question on each invoice is whether it applies. With the line in place and every item ticked, the heading reads Tax Invoice and the GST amount sits under Totals. Untick GST on a line for a zero-rated supply, such as an export, and that line is left out of the GST calculation while the rest stays taxable. Delete the line and the heading drops back to Invoice.

Prices in New Zealand are often quoted GST inclusive. Turn on the tax-inclusive toggle and the editor works backwards from your figures: a $115.00 price prints as $100.00 plus $15.00 GST and the total stays $115.00. Registered customers still get the GST figure they need.

The second and third tax lines and the compound flag are available for other countries and are not needed here. Payment details print your bank name and account number, and a Pay online link if you use one; New Zealand account numbers are long, so the account field accepts the full bank, branch, account and suffix string.

Last updated 2026-09-27. Presets are starting points — confirm current rates and requirements with your tax authority. PDF engine: pdfmake (MIT); fonts: Inter and Noto Sans (SIL Open Font License).