Industry: Construction & Renovation
Progress billing and e-Invoice compliance for construction businesses
Construction and renovation work is billed in stages, not single sales — quotations, progress claims, delivery orders for materials, and final invoices. TxBilling follows that project-based flow instead of a retail checkout model.
Common challenges
- Projects billed in progressive stages (deposit, milestones, final claim) rather than one transaction.
- Quotations that need to be formally issued, revised, and converted to invoices once accepted.
- Delivery Orders for materials that are separate from the labour/progress invoice.
- Clients — homeowners or corporate developers — with very different documentation expectations.
- Keeping track of outstanding progress claims across multiple concurrent projects.
How TxBilling helps
- Quotation to Invoice workflow — issue a detailed quotation, get it accepted, then convert it into progress invoices as the project moves forward.
- Delivery Order — document materials delivered to site separately from labour/progress billing.
- Customer database — store each client's or developer's TIN and business details once for accurate e-Invoice submission.
- Outstanding/debtors reporting — track which progress claims are paid, overdue, or pending across every active project.
- e-Invoice for individual clients or corporate developers — issue a proper e-Invoice for each progress claim or milestone payment, submitted to LHDN MyInvois.
Construction e-Invoice FAQ
Do I issue one e-Invoice for the whole project or one per milestone?
You can issue an e-Invoice per progress claim/milestone as each payment becomes due — this is the more common and cleaner approach for larger projects, and matches how most contracts are structured.
How do I bill for materials separately from labour?
Use a Delivery Order to record materials delivered, then include them as line items in your progress invoice, or bill them separately if your contract requires it.
What if my client is an individual homeowner without a TIN?
Individual buyers without a TIN typically use a general/default TIN value as guided by LHDN's rules for such cases — check LHDN's current MyInvois guidance or your accountant for the correct treatment, since requirements can be updated.
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