The line under the composition bar is the forecast. It starts on the current day and steps up on each day that something you are owed falls due.
The same line is on Financials for one job, directly under the Outstanding figure, because after how much, the next question is always when.
The date of a claim is the day the Act says it must be paid by. YourCA works it out when you serve the claim.
The date of a retention release is the day your contract says it comes back, counted from the practical completion certificate.
It is NOT a guess at when the builder actually pays. Nobody can promise that, and YourCA does not draw it.
How your builders pay, on the same tab, shows what each builder is really like to be paid by. It says on its face that it is your own history, not a prediction.
The line steps and does not slope, because nothing falls due on the days between. It rises on the date and stays flat until the next one.
Anything already past its date is where the line STARTS, not a point along it.
It is owed to you now, and nobody agreed a new day for it. If YourCA drew it in the future, that would say somebody had.
Under the line are three windows: what falls due within 30, 60 and 90 days. Each shows how many amounts are behind it.
None of them includes what is already overdue. An overdue amount does not fall due later. It already fell due.
Beside those is what you are owed with NO day against it.
It is not in any figure on the line, on purpose. It shows the reason and the one question that would settle it.
Usually that is retention on a job whose practical completion is not certified. For most subcontracting businesses, it is the largest single amount owed, and nobody chases it.
The How far ahead dropdown beside the key of the chart sets how far ahead you look.
If something falls further out, it opens on the next 90 days. Otherwise a retention release a year out would squash the next fortnight into the left edge. It says how many dates it does not draw.
The forecast also prints inside the Cashflow document, under the position.
Press Download on the Cashflow section. The Word file has a row for each day something falls due, with the running total beside it. It names every undated amount with its reason.
