The quote for Xiaoyu's work has grown by five thousand yuan. She asks for the breakdown, then for the invoice.
The tradesman
小雨，报价我发给你了，看了吗？
Xiǎoyǔ, bào jià wǒ fā gěi nǐ le, kàn le ma ?
Xiaoyu, I have sent you the quote, have you looked at it?
Xiaoyu
看了。一共三万二，比上次说的多了五千。
Kàn le. Yīgòng sānwàn èr, bǐ shàng cì shuō de duō le wǔqiān.
I have. Thirty-two thousand in all, five thousand more than we said last time.
The tradesman
多的是材料。上次只算了人工。
Duō de shì cáiliào. Shàng cì zhǐ suàn le rén gōng.
The extra is materials. Last time I only counted labour.
Xiaoyu
报价上写着材料一项，可是没有明细。
Bào jià shàng xiě zhe cáiliào yī xiàng, kěshì méiyǒu míng xì.
The quote has a line for materials, but no breakdown.
The tradesman
我可以把每样材料的价写清楚。
Wǒ kěyǐ bǎ měi yàng cáiliào de jià xiě qīngchu.
I can write out the price of each material clearly.
Xiaoyu
麻烦您写。除了价格以外，我还想知道牌子。
Máfan nín xiě. Chúle jiàgé yǐwài, wǒ hái xiǎng zhīdào páizi.
Please do. As well as the prices, I would like to know the brands.
The tradesman
好，牌子我也写上。
Hǎo, páizi wǒ yě xiě shàng.
Right, I will put the brands in as well.
Xiaoyu
还有，这个价含税吗？
Háiyǒu, zhè gè jià hán shuì ma ?
One more thing: does this price include tax?
The tradesman
不含。要发票的话，再加百分之六。
Bù hán. Yào fā piào de huà, zài jiā bǎifēnzhī liù.
It does not. If you want an official invoice, add six per cent.
Xiaoyu
我要发票。房子是公司租的。
Wǒ yào fā piào. Fángzi shì gōngsī zū de.
I do want one. The flat is rented by my company.
The tradesman
那我重新做一份报价，明天给你。
Nà wǒ chóngxīn zuò yī fèn bào jià, míngtiān gěi nǐ.
Then I will redo the quote and give it to you tomorrow.
Xiaoyu
谢谢。完工以后，发票什么时候能开？
Xièxie. Wán gōng yǐhòu, fā piào shénme shíhou néng kāi ?
Thank you. Once the work is finished, when can the invoice be issued?
The tradesman
你把剩下的钱付了，我当天就开。
Nǐ bǎ shèngxià de qián fù le, wǒ dàngtiān jiù kāi.
You settle the balance and I will issue it the same day.
The 发票 is a tax document printed on an official form, the only receipt a company can put through its books. The verb that goes with it is 开, "to open, to make out", never 写 or 给. Many small tradesmen charge six per cent extra to issue one, since they then declare the income: that is what line 9 says, and it is negotiated before the work, not after.
含 means "to contain": 含税 is said of a price including tax, 不含税 of one excluding it. The question 含税吗 is asked as a matter of course in China in front of a quote, because the default answer, for a tradesman, is no. Anyone who assumes otherwise finds out the difference at the last line.
一份报价: one quote. 份 counts copies of documents, portions and jobs: 一份合同, 一份工作, 一份饭. It is not confused with 张, which counts sheets of paper as flat objects. The quote is therefore counted in 份, the sheet it is written on in 张.
