Jobs in Quebec

Quebec law wants contracts, quotes and invoices in French. For a job in Quebec, Quotebird sends your documents in French: the quote, the invoice, the customer’s page and the emails. The app’s own screens stay in English.

Item names

If your business is in Quebec, your starter price book is in French. Each item has a Name in French and can have a Name in English. Where an item has only an English name, the editor and the send check warn you: Name these items in French. Give the item its French name, with the English under Name in English, and tap Save to price book when asked: your next quotes start in French. The AI writes its notes for Quebec jobs in French too.

When the customer wants English

The customer’s page opens in French and offers the English version. If they ask for it, their choice is recorded with the time, and the English version is shown. Both versions are kept with your copy. Next time, the page still opens in French first, then offers English.

Taxes and numbers

Add your QST number to your business profile, and your RBQ licence if you have one. On a quote, choose GST + QST under Taxes.

Sales at the customer’s home

A contract made away from your own address, at the customer’s home for example, is an itinerant sale, unless the customer asked you to come: Quotebird asks who started the job. Doors, windows, insulation, roofing and exterior cladding are itinerant even when the customer asked. Over $100, an itinerant sale gives the customer 10 days to cancel, and you need an OPC permit, which you add in your profile. Some equipment can’t be sold at the home at all; see Before you send.

Paying by card

Before the work is done, a contract made at a distance can be paid by credit card only. The customer’s page takes credit cards alone until then.