RA billing blog for civil contractors
Billing practice, tax and recoveries, getting paid, and measurement at site. Written for billing engineers, site engineers and the people who sign the bills.
- Posts
- 12
- Topics
- 4
- Latest
- 8 Nov 2026
- Written by
- The Tatha Vastu billing team
Posts by topic. Three in each, newest first.
Billing practice
- Final bill checklist: 15 things to close before you sign
22 Oct 2026
4 min - Part-rate payments: how to bill work that isn't finished
10 Sept 2026
4 min - Why your cumulative quantity doesn't match the client's, and how to stop it
3 Sept 2026
5 min
Tax and recoveries
- Labour cess on contract bills: who pays and how it's recovered
1 Oct 2026
4 min - What the Income-tax Act, 2025 changes on your contract TDS
24 Sept 2026
5 min - GST TDS on government contracts: who deducts, when, and how you claim it
17 Sept 2026
4 min
Getting paid
- Why bills get returned: the 10 most common reasons
29 Oct 2026
4 min - Retention money: tracking release so you don't forget it
15 Oct 2026
4 min - Using the MSMED Act when a client delays your bill
8 Oct 2026
4 min
Site to office
- Chainage-based measurement for road contractors
8 Nov 2026
4 min - Measuring reinforcement: BBS weight vs. theoretical weight
5 Nov 2026
4 min - Moving your site measurement register off paper without losing evidence
1 Sept 2026
4 min