Free Invoice Generator (South Africa)
Fill in both sides, add your lines, and download a PDF in ZAR. VAT at 15% is a toggle; your Tax reference number prints on the document. Your details are remembered on this device.
- Free
- No sign-up
- Nothing uploaded
- Updated for 2026
- Last reviewed October 2026
- Reviewed by the Owoode team
- R ZAR
- VAT 15%
- Tax reference number
- A4
- English
Your business
Printed on the document header.
Company or business registration number, if you have one.
PNG or JPG, under 400 KB. Prints at the top of the PDF and stays on this device.
Client
Printed on the document header.
Defaults to ZAR. Change it to bill a client abroad.
Items
Shows total, deposit and balance due.
Payment details
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Issuing a valid invoice here
Issue tax invoices from your own accounting software, till or template; SARS does not have to approve an electronic invoicing set-up. A VAT vendor must issue a tax invoice within 21 days of any supply worth more than R50, whether or not the customer asks. Below R50, a till slip or docket showing the VAT is enough. A zero-rated supply, such as an export, always needs a full tax invoice, however small.
Show price and VAT in one of three accepted ways: price before VAT, VAT and total; the total with a statement that it includes VAT at 15%; or the total and the VAT amount. Invoice in rand, except for zero-rated supplies and some electronic services sold by non-residents. Where the buyer sets the price, as when a co-operative sells a farmer's produce, the buyer may issue the invoice under Binding General Ruling 15; otherwise SARS must approve it in writing.
On 17 August 2026 SARS published a VAT Modernisation Consultation Paper proposing phased e-invoicing and e-reporting. Comments are due by 16 October 2026; no start date is set.