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Pay less notices

Pay less notices that add up

A pay less notice starts from the notified sum, lists each deduction with its amount and reason, and gives the sum considered due on the date of the notice.

  • The notified sum from the payment notice or, where none was issued, from the application or valuation
  • Every deduction with a description, an amount and a reason
  • The deadline counted back from the final date for payment
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An issued pay less notice: notified sum, the deduction with its reason and the sum considered due

The deductions and the sum considered due always add up to the notified sum.

Deductions

Each deduction carries its own reason

A deduction without a description, an amount above zero or a reason stops the notice being issued.

  • The deductions are the difference between the notified sum and the sum considered due
  • Deductions larger than the notified sum are refused
  • The reasons for paying less are a required field
Issuing a pay less notice: notified sum, deductions with description, amount and reason, and the reasons for paying less

The form adds the deductions up as you type.

The deadline

Given after the deadline, and you are told

A pay less notice dated after its deadline is flagged as late and is recorded as not effective once issued.

  • The deadline is shown at the top of the notice
  • The date of the notice cannot be in the future
  • The Notices screen shows pay less by beside the final date
Notices table with the pay less deadline beside the final date for payment

The deadline comes from the payment periods confirmed for your contract.

Printed

Printed with the basis and both parties

The printed notice states the sum due, the amounts withheld and their basis, the final date for payment and the date by which the notice must be given.

  • Numbered PLN-01 and upwards when issued
  • Signature blocks for the payer and the payee
  • Sent by link from the notice itself
Printed pay less notice: sum stated as due, amounts withheld and their basis, final date and signature blocks

An issued notice is not changed; a correction is a new notice.

On the valuation

The valuation shows what is due after notices

The valuation card lists the pay less notice and the amount due after notices.

  • Notices received by post or email recorded on the same card
  • Pay less notices on subcontractor valuations are kept with the subcontractor
  • The Contract Register lists the pay less window for every certificate
The valuation card lists the pay less notice and the amount due after notices

The amount due after notices is worked out from the notice.

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Who it is for

Four chairs, one valuation on the table

You are applying

You value it, and the certificate cuts it

You value the work line by line and submit the application. When the certificate lands short, the difference is argued line by line too, and your valuation is the evidence.

Applying for payment
the same measurement

You are certifying

You cut it, and you sign your name

You value the same lines from the other chair and issue the certificate. Every percentage you cut has to survive the question of why, a month or a year later.

Certifying payment

You are doing both

You value your own work, alone

You price it, you value it and you apply for it yourself, between site visits. The certificate still has to add up as if a surveyor had built it.

Doing both yourself

You are reporting

You certify value the lender pays on

You certify value in place so the lender can release the next tranche. The valuation is the same arithmetic; the reader was never on site.

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The client, the architect and the tenderer are not on this list. They are the people you let in on a link: they see the one document you sent them, answer it, and that answer is written into the record. No account, no licence, no charge, on every plan.

FAQs

The questions this page raises most often, answered without a sales pitch at the end.

From the payment notice for that valuation, or from the application or valuation where no payment notice was issued.

No. Each deduction needs a description, an amount above zero and a reason before the notice can be issued.

QScope flags it as late before it is issued and records it as not effective.

Yes. Pay less notices on subcontractor valuations are kept with that subcontractor.

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The three parts this page leans on

Payment notices For every valuation, the date the payment notice is due, the notice given with its sum and basis, and a default notice when none was given. See how it works Payment dates Enter a due date and QScope returns the pay-less and final date deadlines for JCT, NEC or the Scheme, or FIDIC IPC and payment dates in calendar days. See how it works Client valuations Interim valuations and payment certificates by percentage or fixed sum, with retention and previously certified. UK JCT and NEC, plus FIDIC certificates. See how it works

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Start from the notified sum, give each deduction its reason, and the sum considered due is worked out for you.

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