Invoice Breakdown

[willie1227]

I have my first small mulch job this week. It is 3 yds installed and delivered for 150$. My question is how do you guys typically break this down on an invoice/Bill ?

My price for the mulch is 18$ per yrd. My price for the bid is based on what Ive seen many on Lawnsite do, $50 per yrd installed.

Do you guys run a breakdown like 3x18=$54 Material and than another line for labor =$96. Im afraid a customer would look at that and say whoa!! your making $33 per hour and that is outrageous.

I also have a small shrub trim job on the same property that would take maybe 30 minutes. How would you guys invoice and bill that?

Thanks, Willie

[Team Gopher]

Hi willie1227,

That sounds proper. Quantity, Description and Price.

[dougaustreim]

We invoice the same way we quote to the customer. If it is a lump sum quote, thats how it reads on the invoice.

Doug
Austreim Landscaping

[dfor]

Lump sum. "3 yds. mulch delivered & installed"----------$150

[wriken]

Originally posted by dfor
Lump sum. "3 yds. mulch delivered & installed"----------$150

thats how we do it.

we take the total cost of material, usually multiply it x 2.5 or 3 and bill them. I like the latter #

[twins_lawn_care]

To the customer it is shown as one service:
3 yards of mulch delivered and installed - $150

to our records, we break it down to help with pricing

3 yards mulch - $54
installation & labor - $96

[willie1227]

Thanks guys! I thought that was how most of you were doing it. I do not think the customers quite understand what is involved in this buisness. They are just focusing in on what they think is an extremely high wage per hour. Nevermind all the other expenses we have to pay to do this job in a legal/professional way.

[dougaustreim]

When they have their car fixed, the garage charges them 60-70 per hour and the mechanic probably gets 15 or so.


Doug
Austreim landscaping

[Tim Canavan]

price is labor included. 3 yards and under - 60.00 per yard.

[niceguy]

We charge 55 per yard regardless of one yard or fifty (Dbl. Schredded) 63 for dyed

[Shuter]

A job like that is one price. I believe it is best not to let the customer know how you arrived at a certian price by breaking it down. Especially labor charges.

[IndyPropertyCare]

Let me ask this question to all of you...... Do you break out the product you sold and then back out the tax $$$ for the product ? OR do you include the product in the labor cost ?

[dougaustreim]

In SD, a maintainence service like that would be taxed on the total anyway, so wouldn't make any difference.

Doug
Austreim Landscaping

[charlies]

they should have already agreed to the estimate. $50/yard must be right at the bottom of the price range, that in itself should give you the confidence to bill them with a giant smile. (in case the thought of making a deposit doesn't)

[cklands]

I would just bill the customer for the $150. Why give them any more info than necessary. They don't need to know anything more than what they owe you when the job is done.

[MacLawnCo]

Originally posted by IndyPropertyCare
Let me ask this question to all of you...... Do you break out the product you sold and then back out the tax $$$ for the product ? OR do you include the product in the labor cost ?

Id look into whats required to purchase materials tax exempt so that you dont double tax the mulch in this example.