The claim, on the register
Mostafa raises the villas’ progress claim here, on the invoice register. An invoice here is not just a bill — it is a document Rania’s accounts team will check against the contract.
Opening the breakdown
He opens Progress claim 1 to read its breakdown, because the numbers a client queries are always inside the lines, never on the total.
The lines a client queries
Each line is a measured piece of work — the plastering, the MEP first fix — at the rate the BOQ agreed.
Retention and tax
Retention sits on its own line: five per cent, held back from this claim until handover. It is not a discount; it is money the studio has earned but not been paid yet.
Then VAT, at fourteen per cent, calculated on the lines. Because the rate and the TRN were set up once, Mostafa never types them into the invoice himself.
The number the client pays
The total due brings the lines, the retention and the tax together into the one number Rania will pay.
The cost of getting a line wrong
Get a line, a rate or the TRN wrong and the claim comes back, payment slips a month, and the studio is funding Rania’s build out of its own cash.
The habit that matters
One habit worth building: before you send a claim, read every line the way the client’s accounts team will. An invoice that survives their questions is an invoice that gets paid on time.
What just happened
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The claim, on the register
Mostafa raises the villas’ progress claim here, on the invoice register. An invoice here is not just a bill — it is a document Rania’s accounts team will check against the contract.
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Opening the breakdown
He opens Progress claim 1 to read its breakdown, because the numbers a client queries are always inside the lines, never on the total.
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The lines a client queries
Each line is a measured piece of work — the plastering, the MEP first fix — at the rate the BOQ agreed.
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Retention and tax
Retention sits on its own line: five per cent, held back from this claim until handover. It is not a discount; it is money the studio has earned but not been paid yet.
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The number the client pays
The total due brings the lines, the retention and the tax together into the one number Rania will pay.
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The cost of getting a line wrong
Get a line, a rate or the TRN wrong and the claim comes back, payment slips a month, and the studio is funding Rania’s build out of its own cash.
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The habit that matters
One habit worth building: before you send a claim, read every line the way the client’s accounts team will. An invoice that survives their questions is an invoice that gets paid on time.
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