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Safety documents (SWMS), subbie invoices (RCTI), BAS, and your licence and insurance papers. The paperwork that keeps you trading.

  • SWMS: when and howSafe work method statements: when you need one, and how Karven drafts one from the job for you to check, sign and share.
  • RCTI for subcontractor paymentsRecipient-created tax invoices let you raise the invoice for your subbie's work yourself. How it works in Karven, and the ATO basics.
  • BAS pre-fill walkthroughHow Karven adds up a quarter's sales, GST and subbie GST credits into draft BAS figures you copy into the ATO portal.
  • Licence and insurance vaultOne place for your licences, insurance and tickets, for you, your crew and your subbies, with email reminders before they expire.
  • Licence checks by stateQueensland licences are checked against the QBCC register for you. In other states Karven opens the official register so you can check.

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