Advance Billing for Prime Subcontractors

As a Prime Subcontractor, you can use the Advance Billing project setting on the system to bill for more than 100% on a subcontract component. You can also use it to bill a negative percent complete on self-performed work.

If Advance Billing is selected on the Project Settings page, your Billing Workflow includes subcontracted line items.

See My Payment Application Submission for Subcontractors (Recording Progress Billing for Subcontractors, My Payment Application Submission for Subcontractors) for more information on your Billing Workflow.

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Advance Billing changes the behavior of your Billing Workflow. Subcontractors have the ability to bill a component to the Main Contractor for an amount greater than the Self-Performed amount. This ability does not depend on the amount a Sub-Tier billed or whether an Payment Application was received for that component.

See Specified Billing and Advance Billing Overview for Subcontractors for details.

Why Use Advance Billing?

To receive more money at the beginning of the project
To see all the Work Breakdown (WB) lines when submitting payment applications (even lines that are 100% subcontracted out)
To easily submit a Payment Application for a Sub-Tier Subcontractor or Supplier even if the Sub-Tier hasn't submitted a Payment Application yet or has submitted a late Payment Application

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