Worked examples & manual review · Australia
Compare ordered, completed and already-invoiced quantities
A client may order twelve visits while nine are completed and seven already invoiced. Those numbers answer different questions. Compare both possible quantity balances, then use the billing basis in your actual agreement instead of assuming the order or completion record is enough.
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Original fictional calculation · not a customer result
Worked example: the difference to inspect
In the fictional example, completed-but-unbilled quantity is 9−7=2. Ordered-but-unbilled quantity is 12−7=5. A proposal for 3 is one unit above the completed balance but within the ordered balance. Which model is appropriate comes from the agreement; the checker does not choose it.
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Agreed/ordered units
12
Verified completed units
9
Previously invoiced units
7
Units proposed for this invoice
3
Method and explicit boundaries
Keep one consistent unit and contract scope. Compute max(completed−previously invoiced,0) and max(ordered−previously invoiced,0). Compare the proposed quantity with each balance. Show existing contradictions separately rather than silently allowing a negative balance. Quantities allow three decimals and use integer thousandths.
This is not automatic inventory, project management or recurring billing. A visit, item, hour and square metre cannot be mixed in one review. Payments received do not reduce previously invoiced units. Credits, returns, deposits, milestones, variations and prepaid rights need reconciled source records and agreement-specific review first. An overage flag does not determine whether money is legally owed.
Choose the existing template after resolving the result
Choose the verified contractual basis, resolve any contradictions, and manually enter only the approved units and price in ABN Invoice. Save the service or delivery evidence with the original agreement, then check the actual preview before exporting.
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Source and review date
Australian Government guidance explains that fee calculations and payment timing belong in the agreement. The two balance models here are explicit original assumptions, not a rule that every completed or ordered unit is automatically billable.
Read the official/primary source
Reviewed 17 October 2026. Exact Australian long-tail volume, indexing and paid outcomes remain unknown; a vendor document or deployment does not establish them.
Before using the result
Will this change a saved invoice?
No. It does not read or write existing accounts, drafts or history. You manually enter approved values in the original tool.
Does a matching result mean the invoice is correct?
No. It only checks the stated arithmetic or record relationships. Confirm source records, agreement and any tax choices separately.