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Accounting and invoicing for home helpers

Cleaning, shopping, accompanying, small repairs, gardening: everyday helpers work for private clients and need invoices that clients can use for tax. Saldiqo creates invoices with labour shown separately, issues monthly invoices as a series and records trips.

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What comes up for home helpers

Invoice for the client’s tax

Private clients can often claim part of the labour costs for tax if they have an invoice with labour shown separately and pay without cash.

Regular clients

A family is visited every week and pays once a month.

Trips and material

By car to several households, cleaning products and small purchases.

How Saldiqo helps

  • Show labour separatelyLabour and material as separate lines.
  • Recurring invoice per clientMonthly invoice on schedule.
  • Record tripsReceipts for travel and parking.
  • Match paymentsUpload the bank statement and match transfers to invoices.

Typical invoice lines

Examples that often appear on invoices in this industry. You set the prices yourself.

  • Home help, November, 8 hours
  • Shopping service, 2 hours
  • Gardening, hours
  • Travel costs, flat fee
  • Material as per receipt
  • Credit note: hours adjustment

Tax and invoicing in Cyprus

What applies to invoices in Cyprus, in short. As of October 2026.

VAT
Rates 19 %, 9 %, 5 % and 3 %, plus 0 % until 31 December 2026 for infant milk, nappies, hygiene products and fresh fruit and vegetables.
VAT registration
The threshold is €15,600 of taxable turnover over 12 months, or expected within the next 30 days. If you sell services to businesses in other EU countries, you generally register from the first sale. Until you are registered, Saldiqo leaves VAT off and adds up your turnover.
What goes on an invoice
Even businesses that are not VAT registered must issue invoices and receipts. Companies show their name, HE number, the words “private company” where they apply, and their registered office. Notes such as reverse charge appear in Greek and English.
Invoice timing
Issue invoices within 30 days.
E-invoicing
There is no mandate. Public bodies accept e-invoices (Peppol BIS 3.0) and suppliers send them voluntarily. EU rules follow from 1 July 2030.
VAT returns
VAT4 returns are filed online through TFA, quarterly with staggered periods, by the 10th of the second month after the period, moved to the next working day if it falls on a weekend. Saldiqo does not file returns.
Record keeping
Plan for 10 years. The minimum is 6 years, VAT records can need up to 7 years, and OSS records 10 years.
Late payment
Interest on late business payments is 10.40 %, plus €40 compensation between businesses.
Languages
Use Saldiqo in Greek or English and send invoices in either language.

Frequently asked questions

Why should labour costs appear separately?

In Germany private clients can claim part of the labour costs for tax if the invoice shows them separately and they pay without cash. Rules in other countries differ.

Can I create monthly invoices automatically?

Yes. A recurring invoice per client creates the invoice on a fixed date.

Do home helpers in Cyprus have to charge VAT?

Once they are registered, yes. The threshold is €15,600 over 12 months, or expected within 30 days. Services to businesses in other EU countries require registration from the first sale.

Do home helpers in Cyprus need e-invoicing?

No. Public bodies accept e-invoices through Peppol and suppliers use it voluntarily. EU rules follow from July 2030, so PDF invoices remain fine today.

How long should home helpers keep invoices?

Plan for 10 years: the minimum is 6 years, VAT records can need up to 7 and OSS records 10. You can store receipts digitally in Saldiqo. The legal duty to keep records stays with you.

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As of October 2026. General information, not legal or tax advice, without guarantee. For your case ask your tax adviser.