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Short paid? Check the payment schedule against your claim
Line the builder’s payment schedule up against your claim, keep each reason in their words, and see the last day to act under the Act.
The schedule comes back lower than the claim. You work out line by line what they cut and why, before the window to respond closes.
- By hand
- 9 h
- In Excel
- 7 h 45 min
- In YourCA
- 51 min
- Saved
- 8 h 9 min
Estimate for a 6-month electrical job with 10 people on it, each short payment schedule. Set your own job.
The risk it heads off
- The window to apply for adjudication closes while you argue.Shows the last day to act.
- A cut with no reason on the schedule is accepted.Checks the schedule against what the Act requires it to say.
- A backcharge hides in the line items.Shows each deduction in the words used, with the amount.
Step by step
| Step | By hand | Excel | YourCA | What YourCA does |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Compare the schedule against your claim line by line | 60 min | 40 min | 5 min | Reads the schedule in and lines it up against your claim. |
| Write down what they cut and why | 30 min | 25 min | 0 min | Keeps each reason in the builder’s own words. |
| Check the schedule and find your last day to act | 30 min | 30 min | 2 min | Checks it against the Act and shows the last day to apply for adjudication. |
| Put the papers together for a dispute | 60 min | 60 min | 10 min | Collects the claim, the schedule and the reasons in one pack. |
| Total, each short payment schedule | 180 min | 155 min | 17 min |
How to do it in YourCA
Questions subbies ask
- What if no schedule comes back?
- YourCA shows what the Act says happens next, and the dates that follow.
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