Quoting app for landscapers in Tasmania
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Every rule and rate below for Tasmania is read from Sumitt's own tables when this page renders, not written for it.
The rules in Tasmania that Sumitt already knows
Every rule below is read, when this page renders, from Sumitt’s own law tables: the ones the quote builder, the variation composer, the extension-of-time notice and the payment-claim generator run on, and its table of the Security of Payment Acts of the states it builds no claim for. Sumitt warns and never blocks, and the page moves the day a table does.
Deposit cap in Tasmania
The law in Tasmania caps a deposit at 10% of a residential building work contract of $20,000 or more and under $50,000 (Residential Building Work Contracts and Dispute Resolution Act 2016, s 41, and Residential Building Work Contracts and Dispute Resolution Regulations 2016, r 6).
The law in Tasmania caps a deposit at 5% of a residential building work contract of $50,000 or more (Residential Building Work Contracts and Dispute Resolution Act 2016, s 41, and Residential Building Work Contracts and Dispute Resolution Regulations 2016, r 6).
Up to 20% can apply only where more than half the contract value is work done off-site.
Tasmania's deposit cap applies only to a residential building work contract of $20,000 or more. Under $20,000, a deposit of about 10% is common practice, not law. Separate contracts with the same owner that could have been one contract count as one, at the sum of their prices (Residential Building Work Contracts and Dispute Resolution Act 2016, s 8).
Check it applies to your contract.
Sumitt's default deposit is 10% of the total including GST. Sumitt warns you when a deposit goes over the line, and it never changes the deposit you set.
Residential Building Work Contracts and Dispute Resolution Act 2016, s 41, and Residential Building Work Contracts and Dispute Resolution Regulations 2016, r 6
Licence line in Tasmania
Sumitt's licence-line warning covers New South Wales, Victoria and Queensland today. It carries no line for Tasmania, so the licensing rules there stay yours to check.
Security of Payment claims in Tasmania
Tasmania's Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Act 2009 applies to building and construction contracts, written or oral, and gives a right to progress payments and to serve a payment claim (ss 7(1), 12 and 17).
Sumitt builds the payment claim for New South Wales, Victoria and Queensland today, not yet for Tasmania, so in the app an overdue invoice there runs up the follow-up ladder to the letter of demand.
Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Act 2009 (Tas)
Variations in Tasmania
In Tasmania the variation rules, ss 17 to 21 of the Residential Building Work Contracts and Dispute Resolution Act 2016, bind a residential building work contract with an owner for a contract price of $20,000 or more (s 9(a)), not a subcontract or a contract with an owner builder (s 4).
Put an agreed variation in writing in the shortest practicable time, and before its work starts where it adds work (s 17(1)), unless the work is urgent and a document first is not reasonably practicable (s 17(2)).
Where a proposed variation is to come into existence when you and the owner sign the variation document, as your first and only agreement for it, and it adds work or the owner asked for it, do no work on it until you and the owner have both signed (s 17(4) and (5)).
The document must be in English and readily legible, describe the variation, give the reason where you sought it, estimate any delay, state the change to the contract price or how it is to be worked out (on a cost-plus contract, a fair and reasonable estimate of its costs), and, where the contract has progress payments, provide for them to reflect the change (s 18(2)).
As soon as practicable after the document is made, sign it and take all reasonable steps to have the owner sign it (s 19). As soon as practicable, and in any case within 5 business days, after you agree to the variation, give the owner a readily legible copy signed by you both, or signed by you alone where you took all reasonable steps to have the owner sign it and the owner has not (s 20).
Where the varied work needs a building surveyor's consent under the Building Act 2016, because it departs from the work a certificate of likely compliance covers, attach the surveyor's written consent to the owner's copy of the variation document, and do no work on the variation until it is attached (s 21(2)). Where the work needs a permit or other authorisation under the Land Use Planning and Approvals Act 1993 or the Building Act 2016, it must be authorised by it (amended if need be), a copy attached to the owner's copy, and no work done on the variation until it is (s 21(3)).
The Act makes these the contractor's duties. Without the variation document you both signed, the price of the extra work is your word against the owner's.
On a contract the Act covers, where a variation is to come into existence when you both sign it, both signatures before any work on an added or owner-sought variation are a statutory element (s 17(4) and (5)), not just good practice. Sumitt flags a running job that has an unapproved variation on it.
Sumitt structures the variation, records your signature as you send it and collects the owner's at the link, a record you keep, not legal advice. Where your contract sets its own variation process, follow it too.
Residential Building Work Contracts and Dispute Resolution Act 2016 (Tas) ss 9 and 17 to 21
Extensions of time in Tasmania
In Tasmania the contract sets the extension-of-time window. Sumitt's notice defaults to 10 calendar days from the day the delay ended, shows the countdown, and asks you to check the contract's own figure.
A template you serve in your own name, not legal advice. Your contract's own extension-of-time clause governs the window and the grounds, so check it and keep a copy of everything.
Sumitt provides software and templates, not legal, financial or tax advice. Check what applies to your contract.
What the work costs in Hobart / TAS
Sumitt's Hobart / TAS card runs materials at 1.00 and labour at 0.96 against the national card at 1.00. Outside the metro the Regional (freight + travel) card applies: materials 1.08, labour 1.03.
| Job | Cost | Floor | Healthy | Premium | Healthy, Hobart / TAS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turf supply & layper m² · benchmark scope: 50 m2 buffalo turf | $35 | $42 | $50 | $59 | $50 | Check your rate |
National figures per unit, ex GST, derived from Sumitt’s 2026 rate cards priced over the benchmark scope shown under each job; the last column prices the same scope on the Hobart / TAS card. Cost is the benchmark cost of doing the work before any margin, and Floor, Healthy and Premium are the sell rates that land those margins. Not a survey of what anyone else charges, and nothing here reflects what any Sumitt user charges. How to read it, and the method, are on the index.
Built for landscapers
Every figure here is read from the Landscaping rate card, takeoff engine and hazard library inside Sumitt when this page renders, so it cannot say more than the product does.
The rate card
18 lines in 5 groups, 4 with a grade or billing basis to pick. Size field: Area (m²). Every rate editable.
- Softscape
- Hardscape
- Irrigation
- Site
- Labour
The takeoff engine
Say it like this and the engine prices it off your card, deterministically.
- “50 m2 buffalo turf”
- “60 m2 buffalo turf + 20 m2 garden beds with mulch, 15m edging”
- “30 m2 of pavers”
The safety pack
A SWMS drafted from the job you priced, with the landscaping hazard set:
- Site clearing & excavation
- Planting, soil & materials
2 site questions to confirm before sign-off.
You review it against the site, edit it and sign. Sumitt prepares the paperwork; it does not make your business compliant.
The full breakdown, with the graded options, the line-triggered hazards and the PPE, is on the landscapers page.
Straight answers
What deposit can landscapers take in Tasmania?
The law in Tasmania caps a deposit at 10% of a residential building work contract of $20,000 or more and under $50,000 (Residential Building Work Contracts and Dispute Resolution Act 2016, s 41, and Residential Building Work Contracts and Dispute Resolution Regulations 2016, r 6). The law in Tasmania caps a deposit at 5% of a residential building work contract of $50,000 or more (Residential Building Work Contracts and Dispute Resolution Act 2016, s 41, and Residential Building Work Contracts and Dispute Resolution Regulations 2016, r 6). Up to 20% can apply only where more than half the contract value is work done off-site. Tasmania's deposit cap applies only to a residential building work contract of $20,000 or more. Under $20,000, a deposit of about 10% is common practice, not law. Separate contracts with the same owner that could have been one contract count as one, at the sum of their prices (Residential Building Work Contracts and Dispute Resolution Act 2016, s 8). Check it applies to your contract. Sumitt's default deposit is 10%. Sumitt warns you when a deposit goes over the line, and it never changes the deposit you set. Not legal advice.
Is there a licence threshold for landscapers in Tasmania?
Sumitt's licence-line warning covers New South Wales, Victoria and Queensland today. It carries no line for Tasmania, so the licensing rules there stay yours to check. Not legal advice.
Can landscapers make a Security of Payment claim in Tasmania?
Yes. Tasmania's Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Act 2009 applies to building and construction contracts, written or oral, and gives a right to progress payments and to serve a payment claim (ss 7(1), 12 and 17). Sumitt builds the payment claim for New South Wales, Victoria and Queensland today, not yet for Tasmania, so in the app an overdue invoice there runs up the follow-up ladder to the letter of demand. Not legal advice.
Do variations need to be in writing in Tasmania?
In Tasmania the variation rules, ss 17 to 21 of the Residential Building Work Contracts and Dispute Resolution Act 2016, bind a residential building work contract with an owner for a contract price of $20,000 or more (s 9(a)), not a subcontract or a contract with an owner builder (s 4). Put an agreed variation in writing in the shortest practicable time, and before its work starts where it adds work (s 17(1)), unless the work is urgent and a document first is not reasonably practicable (s 17(2)). The Act makes these the contractor's duties. Without the variation document you both signed, the price of the extra work is your word against the owner's. Sumitt prices the variation and collects the client's e-signature, and flags a running job with an unapproved variation. Not legal advice.
Sumitt provides software and templates, not legal, financial or tax advice.
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