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RA bill software compared for contractors

How Tatha Vastu differs from an Excel workbook, a construction ERP and an outside billing consultant, and when each of those is the better choice.

PWD Pune (East) Division/RA Bill No. 7Ready to send

Abstract of cost · RA Bill No. 7

Ward office building, Hadapsar · 1 to 31 October 2026

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Item	Description	Unit	Up to date	Previous	This bill	Amount ₹
1.1	Earthwork in excavation, foundationAll soils, lift up to 1.5 m	cum	1,186.40	1,021.10	165.30	41,077.05
2.3	PCC 1:4:8, 40 mm aggregateIn foundation and plinth	cum	96.25	82.00	14.25	91,371.00
3.2	RCC M25 in slabs and beamsUp to floor five	cum	412.80	338.60	74.20	6,65,203.00
4.1	Reinforcement, Fe 500DCut, bent and placed	kg	52,860	43,115	9,745	7,64,008.00
5.4	Brickwork 1:6, superstructureModular bricks	cum	188.40	151.90	36.50	2,59,880.00
6.1	12 mm cement plaster 1:6Internal walls	sqm	2,410.00	1,640.00	770.00	2,63,340.00

Value of work done, this bill20,84,879.05Net payable after recoveries and GST18,49,293

Three ways contractors bill today

Excel workbook
Retyping, broken cumulative links and month-end versions
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Construction ERP
A billing-first tool against an all-in-one system
12 rows
Billing consultant
Outsourced billing engineers against in-house billing
10 rows

Deviation/Ward office1 over BOQ

3.2 RCC M25 in slabs412.80 of 468 cum

1.1 Excavation, foundation1,186.40 of 1,240 cum

7.3 Vitrified tile flooring1,456 of 1,300 sqm

5.4 Brickwork 1:6188.40 of 230 cum

6.1 Cement plaster 1:62,410 of 3,900 sqm