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Billing Pressure Washing Customers in Canada, Australia, New Zealand and the UK

Pressure washing is not an American trade. Driveways get dirty in Ontario, roofs grow moss in Auckland, decks go grey in Brisbane and patios turn green in Manchester. Owners in all of those places run the same kind of business: a rig, a surface cleaner, a soft wash setup and a list of customers who need it done. Billing software has to work where they are.

The Same Billing, a Different Currency

Invoice Texts and Emails: Payment Reminders Pressure Washing Customers Actually Read covered the messages that get invoices paid. This article is about where those invoices can go.

PressureWashingBossPro works in the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom, and bills customers in their own currency. A company in Calgary invoices in Canadian dollars. A company in Perth invoices in Australian dollars. A company in Leeds invoices in pounds. Customers see a bill in the money they actually use.

Everything Else Works the Same

The billing workflow does not change from country to country:

• Estimates built from your service list, with job details and satellite measurements in square feet and linear feet.
• Approved estimates becoming scheduled jobs, with the details carried over.
• Invoices created when the crew taps Complete on the crew app, with a line for each surface.
• Card on file, auto-charge on completion or on a schedule, and online payment from the customer app.
• Past-due follow-up.
• Monthly statements for commercial clients, one per month covering every location, labeled by address.

A shopping centre in Toronto set to Monthly gets the same single statement as a shopping center in Texas. An HOA-style strata or body corporate common area set to 90 days comes due on the Waiting List the same way.

Tax Is Local

Invoices include sales tax, but what tax applies and how it works is different in every one of these countries, and often within them. Canada has its own federal and provincial arrangements. Australia, New Zealand and the UK each have their own goods and services or value added tax rules, registration thresholds and invoice requirements.

The software applies the tax you set up. What you set up should come from an accountant or tax advisor who knows your country and region. Ask them what rate to charge, whether your services are taxable, and whether your invoices need to show anything specific, such as a registration number. Then set it once. See Sales Tax on Pressure Washing Invoices: Setting It Up and Knowing When to Ask an Accountant.

Texting Is US and Canada

Two-way texting and automated text reminders are available for customers in the US and Canada. For customers elsewhere, use email for invoices, payment reminders and past-due follow-up. The customer app works the same everywhere, so customers can still see invoices, pay online and update their card.

That is worth knowing before you plan your billing messages. A company in New Zealand will lean on email and the customer app rather than texts, and the messages should be written for that.

Seasons Run the Other Way

For owners in Australia and New Zealand, the busy season and the slow season are flipped compared with North America and the UK. The billing habits are the same — collect before the slow months, sell yearly plans at the end of the season, use the quiet stretch to fix prices and records — just on a different calendar. The advice in Cash Flow in the Slow Winter Months: Pressure Washing Billing Habits for the Off-Season applies in June instead of January.

Words and Units

Measurements in PressureWashingBossPro are in square feet and linear feet. Many owners in countries that use metric quote in square metres. If that is what your customers expect, convert on the estimate or price by surface rather than by area. What matters is that your estimates and invoices use the terms your customers recognize, whether that is a driveway or a drive, a sidewalk or a footpath.

Your service list is yours to name. Call it a “Footpath Clean” or a “Render Soft Wash” if that is what your customers call it, and the invoice will say the same.

Plans Are the Same Everywhere

PressureWashingBossPro plans are Start at $59, Pro at $89 and Crew at $199 per month, each with a 14-day free trial and no credit card required. Invoicing, card on file and online payment are on every plan.

Billing Where You Wash

Wherever your rig works, your customers should get a clear invoice in their own currency, a way to pay online and a card-on-file option. PressureWashingBossPro handles that in the US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and the UK, with tax set up the way your local advisor recommends. For the rest of billing, see the pressure washing invoicing software page.