QScope

Market guide

Construction payment in New Zealand

New Zealand payment is governed by the Construction Contracts Act 2002. A payment claim must be answered by a payment schedule within the set period, and a claim that is not answered becomes due in full. Adjudication is available at any time and GST applies at 15%.

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Where to go from here

Payment date calculator Put in your contract form and the date of the application, and get the four dates back: payment due, payment notice, pay-less deadline and the final date for payment. See how it works Statutory payment dates Payment notice, final date for payment and pay-less deadline, counted from the periods your own contract form carries rather than from a template. See how it works The blog One hundred and seventy four pieces on payment, valuation, variations, retention and the final account, with no sign-up and no sales pitch at the end. See how it works

The arithmetic is the same in every market

Value the work, hold the retention, count the dates and keep the record. QScope runs the same way wherever the job is, thirty days free and without a card.

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