Salon bill format for services, products and packages
A haircut is a service with an SAC code, the shampoo you sell after it is goods with an HSN — and a membership is neither until it is redeemed.
Create a salon bill freeA salon bill mixes two kinds of supply. The service on the chair — cut, colour, facial, spa — is a service taxed at 18% and identified by an SAC code. The retail products a client takes home are goods, with their own HSN codes and their own rate. Both sit on the same bill, and the tax summary has to keep them apart.
Then there are packages and memberships, where a client pays now for services delivered over months. That money is an advance, not a sale, and treating it as one is the most common bookkeeping mistake in the trade. This page covers all three.
What this format must carry
Every field below, with whether it is mandatory and what it is for.
| Field | Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Salon name, address, GSTIN | Header block per outlet, since GST registration is state-wise. | |
| Bill number, date and time | Consecutive series. Time on the bill helps reconcile stylist-wise and shift-wise reports. | |
| Client name and phone | Salons run on repeat visits, so the client record matters more here than in most retail. | |
| Service name with SAC code | Services carry an SAC code, not an HSN. Beauty and grooming services fall under the personal care service group. | |
| Stylist or therapist | Who performed the service. Needed for commission, incentive and performance reporting. | |
| Service charges | Per service, with add-ons listed separately rather than merged into one figure. | |
| Retail products with HSN | Shampoos, serums and cosmetics sold to take home are goods with their own HSN codes and rate. | |
| Package or membership redemption | Where the visit is drawn against a prepaid package, show the sessions used and the balance remaining. | |
| GST breakup | Services at 18%, retail products at their own rate. Show the service and goods portions separately in the summary. | |
| Total, round-off and payment mode | Rounded total with the payment method recorded for day-end reconciliation. | |
| Next appointment | Not a tax field, but printing the suggested next visit date is the cheapest retention tool a salon has. |
Guidance only. GST rules and rates change by notification — confirm the requirements for your business on the CBIC portal or with your CA.
Services and products on one bill
Salon services are taxed at 18% and carry an SAC code. Retail products sold at the counter are goods carrying their own HSN codes. Both can appear on one bill, but the rate-wise summary must show them separately, because they are different supplies with different codes behind them.
This also affects your reporting. Service revenue and product revenue behave differently — one is capacity-limited by chairs and staff, the other is stock-driven — and a bill that separates them lets you see which side of the business is actually growing.
Packages, memberships and advances
When a client pays upfront for a package of ten sessions, that money is an advance against services yet to be supplied. For services, tax is payable when the advance is received, and a receipt voucher is the correct document at that point. Each subsequent visit draws down the package rather than being a fresh sale.
Print the sessions used and the balance on every redemption bill. It settles the most common front-desk dispute — how many sittings are left — and gives the client a reason to come back before the package lapses.
Tips, staff and daily closing
A tip given voluntarily to a stylist is not consideration for your supply and should not be added to the taxable value of the bill. If you collect tips through the counter, keep them on their own line clearly separated from service charges and pass them through as received.
Close each day by matching bills against cash, card and UPI, and review stylist-wise service value while the day is still fresh. RetailDek's free invoice generator produces a salon bill that keeps service lines and product lines separate with the right tax summary on each.
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Create a salon bill freeSalon Bill Format — FAQs
Salon, grooming and beauty services are taxed at 18%, identified by an SAC code rather than an HSN. Retail products sold to clients are goods and carry their own HSN codes and rates on the same bill.
Make it the output, not the chore
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