Booking system for handymen — ROT applied to the labour, not the materials
ROT is 30 per cent and covers labour only, never materials. Buzzlink splits the price for you and shows the customer what the job costs after the deduction.
You will recognise this
- Customers who assume ROT covers the materials as well, and find out at invoicing.
- Every enquiry needs a site visit before you can say what anything costs.
- The allowance may already be used up by the cleaning they have had all year, and it shows only at payout.
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
- Snickeri
- Montering
- Köksrenovering
- Altan och trall
- Carpentry, assembly, kitchen renovation and decking are seeded from the start, each with its own material share.
- The 30 per cent lands on the labour line only. Materials, equipment hire and travel fall outside automatically.
- The booking asks for the property designation or apartment number that Skatteverket requires on the payout request.
Labour only — never material, travel or equipment hire
What tends to surprise firms
That the drop to 30 per cent made the calculation more important, not less. The temporary 50 per cent ran 12 May–31 December 2025 and is gone. A customer working from last year's figure expects 20 000 kronor back on 40 000 kronor of labour. They get 12 000. That 8 000 gap becomes your conversation at invoicing — unless the booking already showed the real number.
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 hantverkare
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Does ROT cover materials too?
No, only the labour cost including VAT. On a deck where the timber is half the price, the deduction is calculated on the other half. Buzzlink splits the line into labour and materials in the booking, so the customer sees both figures before saying yes.
How much ROT can a customer use in a year?
At most 50 000 kronor, and always within the shared ceiling of 75 000 kronor per person per year that ROT shares with RUT. A customer who has had home cleaning all year may have far less ROT room left than they think.
What if the customer's allowance is already used up?
Skatteverket pays nothing, and you have to chase the difference yourself. That is why the booking asks how much has been used this year and shows an honest figure rather than an optimistic one.
Does ROT apply in a newly built house?
Partly. The five-year rule applies to conversions and extensions: it runs from the property's assessment year (värdeår) in the tax assessment, not from the build date, and blocks the five calendar years that follow. Repair and maintenance qualify for ROT whatever the age of the house — but in a house under five years old the work has to restore the building to its original condition, and any replaced material must be equivalent. Swapping vinyl for a wooden floor counts as conversion and is blocked.
When must the payout request reach Skatteverket?
By 31 January of the year after the customer paid. Labour cost, deduction and property designation sit together per job, so the paperwork does not have to be assembled after the fact.
Other trades
The same system, prepared for a different trade.
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