Fill in your invoice
Everything stays in this browser, nothing is sent or kept. The example is one remedial massage with the health fund details filled in, change it or start blank.
Does it meet the ATO's rules and the funds'?
The totals come from the same builder as the Yamate quote templates, in whole cents, with GST worked on the subtotal and rounded half a cent up, the ATO's total invoice rule (Tax invoices, rounding of GST, read 27 October 2026).
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Massage therapist invoice template
Name the treatment and its length on the line, "Remedial massage, 60 minutes", not just "massage". The funds want the nature and duration of the treatment on the receipt, and a client who isn't claiming still likes to see what they paid for. Relaxation and remedial are different services, so don't write remedial on a relaxation massage.
Give the client the invoice the day you treat them, paid or not. business.gov.au says "By law, you must still give customers a receipt if the goods or services were over $75 or they ask for one", so nearly every massage needs one anyway.
Source: business.gov.au, How to invoice, read 27 October 2026.
Health fund receipt
For a client to claim a rebate, the receipt has to carry the right details, printed. The Association of Massage Therapists' booklet says these "must be clearly printed on receipts, invoices and tax invoices (i.e. it cannot be handwritten)".
| Printed, every fund | Also on the receipt |
|---|---|
| Name of the therapist who gave the treatment | Client's name and address |
| Business name, if you have one | Date of treatment |
| Practice address, a street address, not a PO Box | Nature of the treatment and how long |
| Contact number | Where you treated them, if not the clinic |
| Association member number | Health fund provider number |
| ABN, if you have one | Fee and date of payment |
Source: Association of Massage Therapists, Becoming a health fund provider (booklet, undated), page 22, read 27 October 2026.
The right hand column "may be handwritten for all Health Funds except ahm and Medibank", and some funds' own rules go further, "No handwritten receipts. Must be computer generated." So print the whole thing and you're covered for every fund. The template above does, and its check lists anything missing.
Source: Association of Massage Therapists, Becoming a health fund provider (booklet, undated), the fund pages and page 22, read 27 October 2026.
Why the treatment has to be described accurately
The same page says "Issuing a receipt for services that did not take place is a form of fraud and is punishable by law." Clients do ask for receipts dated differently, or for a partner's name. The answer is no, every time, and a printed receipt from a template makes it easier to say.
Source: Association of Massage Therapists, Becoming a health fund provider (booklet, undated), page 22, read 27 October 2026.
Provider numbers are yours alone
Your health fund provider number belongs to you, not the clinic. The booklet says the numbers "issued to an individual Massage Therapist are not transferable to another practitioner". If you share a room with another therapist, each of you puts your own number on your own receipts. How to get one is on getting a remedial massage provider number.
Source: Association of Massage Therapists, Becoming a health fund provider (booklet, undated), Frequently asked questions, page 24, read 27 October 2026.
Gift vouchers aren't claimable
A voucher sale goes on its own receipt, and it can't carry a provider number for a claim. The booklet says gift vouchers "are not claimable through the health funds because the person paying for the gift is not receiving the treatment and the person redeeming the gift has not paid for the treatment." The receipt for a voucher "must clearly state that it is for a gift voucher/certificate, not for a treatment."
Source: Association of Massage Therapists, Becoming a health fund provider (booklet, undated), Frequently asked questions, page 24, read 27 October 2026.
Is massage GST-free?
No. If you're registered for GST, you charge it on massage, remedial included. The ATO says "If you supply massage therapy alone, it is not GST-free because it is not listed as a health service in the GST Act." So the template's GST box is off to start, which suits most therapists under the $75,000 threshold, and on once you register. Is massage GST-free? has the exceptions.
Source: Australian Taxation Office, GST and health, Other health services (last updated 12 June 2024), read 27 October 2026.
Registered, your receipt becomes a tax invoice, says so at the top, and shows the GST. Tick the GST box and the template adds 10% on top of each rate, so type your fee less its GST, $100 for a $110 massage. If a client asks for one, "you must provide one within 28 days", unless the sale is $82.50 including GST or less. What a tax invoice must show has the full list.
Source: Australian Taxation Office, Tax invoices (last updated 18 September 2026), read 27 October 2026.
Yamate sells software to massage therapists, salons and tradies. The template on this page is free and asks for nothing, and Yamate doesn't lodge health fund claims.
General information, not tax advice and not legal advice. The receipt fields come from the Association of Massage Therapists' published booklet and each fund sets its own rules, so check with your association. The check reads the ATO's published tax invoice rules. You lodge your own GST and tax.