For tradies and builders · Australia

Nella for tradies and construction businesses

Builders, electricians, plumbers and other trades: see the cash, the late payers and the BAS date without opening a spreadsheet.

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At a glance

Built for
Tradies and construction
Connects to
Xero, QuickBooks, Sage, FreeAgent
Your books
Change only with your permission
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The pressure

What makes the numbers hard here.

Materials before payment

Timber, fittings and hire are paid for weeks before the client pays the invoice.

A few large balances

One builder or developer paying late can hold up more cash than every other customer together.

Subbies and crews on a fixed rhythm

Wages and subcontractor payments go out on schedule whatever has come in.

The quarter turns into a BAS

GST collected on invoices builds up until the BAS date, and it is easy to spend before then.

How does Nella help tradies and construction?

Nella connects to your Xero or QuickBooks company and answers plain-English questions about your own figures — how much cash you have after this week’s supplier bills, which builders or clients have not paid and for how long, how this month compares with last, and when your next BAS is due. It answers on the web, WhatsApp, ChatGPT or Claude, so you can ask from the ute.

Questions you can ask Nella

These are asked in plain English, and answered from your own figures.

  • How much cash will we have after this week’s bills?
  • Which clients have not paid, and for how long?
  • Who are our largest suppliers this quarter?
  • How much GST have we collected so far this quarter?
  • When is our next BAS due?
  • How does this month compare with the same month last year?

Nella provides financial information and education, not accounting or tax advice. Nella shows you the numbers. When a question needs professional judgement, such as a filing or a tax decision, Nella says so and points you to a qualified accountant.

What Nella watches between your questions

  • Cash and runway, derived from the ledger
  • Overdue invoices, largest and oldest first
  • Supplier bills falling due
  • BAS and company tax dates for your business
  • The bank feed: Nella tells you when it stops updating

Cash and deadline alerts are included in the free trial and on Nella Paid.

The rules that apply here

Stated with the tax year they apply to, and linked to the source. Nella reports figures; it does not interpret these rules for your situation.

Quarterly BAS for the 2026–27 income year is due 28 October 2026, 28 February 2027, 28 April 2027 and 28 July 2027, or 11 November 2026, 12 May 2027 and 11 August 2027 for most quarters when lodged online; you lodge and pay by the same date (ATO - Due dates for lodging and paying BAS; ATO - Due dates for lodging and paying your BAS).

A business must register for GST when its GST turnover reaches $75,000, and has 21 days to do so; GST is 10% (ATO - Registering for GST; Australian Government - Register for GST).

A company that lodges its own return for the 2026–27 income year does so by 28 February 2028; companies lodging through a registered tax agent follow the agent lodgment program (ATO – Due dates by topic: income tax).

More detail: BAS due dates for the 2026–27 income year · GST registration: the $75,000 threshold · Business tax and BAS due dates, 2026–27 income year

What Nella cannot do

Nella reads your books. Nothing in them changes unless you give permission in Nella, and it does not reconcile the bank, file anything with the ATO or ASIC, or move money. It reports what your accounting software already holds.

Nella shows the figures your accounting software holds. It does not cost jobs, track progress claims or retentions, or prepare the taxable payments annual report.

Nella connects to Xero, QuickBooks, Sage, FreeAgent. How deeply it can read varies by platform — the supported-platform table sets out what is read on each. See how your data is handled.

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