Booking system for electricians — ROT calculated on the hours
On an electrical job the materials often outweigh the hours. Buzzlink puts ROT on the labour, shows the price after deduction and books the job straight in.
You will recognise this
- Emergency calls in the middle of another job, to be priced on the spot.
- EV charger customers who have read about a green deduction and assume it is ROT.
- Materials can be half the bill on an installation, and the customer calculates the deduction on all of it.
Prepared from the start
The services below arrive with durations, prices and the right deduction the moment you pick the trade. All of it can be changed.
Services included
- Elinstallation
- Felsökning
- Laddbox
- Belysning
- Electrical installation, fault finding, EV chargers and lighting are seeded, with an hourly rate and a minimum billable time.
- ROT is calculated on the hours worked. Cable, boxes, fittings and components sit on their own lines with no deduction.
- Emergency slots are held open in the calendar, so a fault-finding call does not eat the installation already booked.
Labour only — never material, travel or equipment hire
What tends to surprise firms
How often the materials decide the conversation. Replacing a consumer unit at 22 000 kronor where the components are 12 000 leaves 10 000 in labour: ROT is 3 000 kronor, not the 6 600 the customer worked out on the whole sum. EV chargers are a chapter of their own — a charging point is normally handled under the green technology tax reduction, which is separate from ROT and has its own conditions. Customers assume it is the same deduction.
The calculator
Run it on a real job
ROT-avdrag is 30% of the labour cost. Move the sliders and you see the same figure the customer sees before booking — including what happens when the ceiling runs out.
Pick Trade work in the calculator below. That is the button that computes ROT-avdrag.
Work out the deduction
Only this part earns a deduction.
Materials, travel, equipment hire and fees. Never deductible.
Adults sharing the deduction
Each of them has to pay their own share of the invoice.
Taken off this year's allowance before we promise anything.
The customer pays
SEK 6,000
instead of SEK 12,000
- Labour cost
- SEK 12,000
- RUT-avdrag, 50 %
- − SEK 6,000
- To pay
- SEK 6,000
This year's allowance
SEK 6,000 of SEK 75,000
ROT-avdrag max SEK 50,000 · RUT on its own may use the whole ceiling. ROT always stops at SEK 50,000, however much allowance is left.
SEK 69,000 left this year
A basis for the price, not a decision. The tax authority decides.
The customer has to pay electronically, and your request to Skatteverket must arrive by 31 January of the year after the customer paid.
Common questions about a booking system for elektriker
Can't find the answer? Get in touch and we'll sort it out.
Do materials qualify for ROT?
No. Cable, boxes, fittings and components are entirely the customer's cost. ROT is 30 per cent of the labour cost including VAT, and on electrical work the materials often outweigh the hours — so the split shows up directly in the price.
How should I handle an EV charger?
A charging point for an electric vehicle is normally not handled as ROT but under the green technology tax reduction, a separate scheme with its own conditions and its own ceiling. Set it up as its own service rather than mixing it into the ROT lines, and check the conditions with Skatteverket.
Does ROT apply to fault finding?
Yes, if the customer owns the home and lives in it themselves — permanently or as a holiday home. A home that is rented out earns no ROT even though the customer owns it. The five-year rule applies only to conversions and extensions, so fault-finding and replacement in a new house count as maintenance and work fine. Travel time to the address never qualifies, however necessary it was.
What applies to emergency work in the evening or at weekends?
The same deduction, whatever the hour. An out-of-hours supplement is labour cost and qualifies, while a call-out fee is travel and does not. Keep them on separate lines and the paperwork is right from the start.
What if the customer has already used their deduction?
Then Skatteverket pays nothing and you have to chase the difference. The ceiling is 75 000 kronor per person per year together with RUT, of which at most 50 000 may be ROT. The booking asks what is spent and calculates on what is actually left.
Other trades
The same system, prepared for a different trade.
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