What each line on this invoice is for
Electrical work is easier to approve and to pay for when every task names the room, the circuit or the panel in plain words.
- Service call and troubleshooting
- The trip and finding the fault. Say what was not working, here the kitchen outlets.
- Labor by the hour
- The repair, with what you replaced or tightened named in the line.
- Devices
- By type, with the quantity and the rating, so two outlets read as two outlets.
- Small materials
- Plates and similar items, with a quantity.
In the notes, write which breaker feeds what you worked on, if you labeled it, and anything the customer asked you to look at next time.
Where electrical paperwork goes wrong: a line that says electrical work, with one number. Name the room and the task on every line, give quantities for devices, and keep troubleshooting apart from the repair. The next person to open that box, often you, will be glad of it.