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Review an invoice before you save

ConstructionPro.io · 19 August 20261 min read

Split lines, watch remaining, and catch a duplicate or a cost that is already on the ledger.

Saving a bill should not be a hope-and-check later. Review is where remaining, VAT and duplicates get honest.

Before you save

  1. Upload the PDF or photo and check supplier, date, number and total.
  2. Pick a default category — unpriced remainder posts there.
  3. Split mixed lines — each line can keep Same as invoice or go to its own category. See How to split an invoice.
  4. Watch the allocation meter — remaining is header total minus priced lines. You can save when it is balanced, or when a default category will take the rest. You cannot save when lines overshoot the total.
  5. Record net and VAT if the bill shows them. Spend still uses the gross. VAT on invoices.

Warnings that mean stop

  • A similar invoice (same supplier, number or amount and date) is already on the project.
  • A cost row already looks like this bill. Do not post both.

Query the line if it does not match the quote. Family viewers cannot change amounts.

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