Payroll contractor invoice hours audit calculator

Calculate invoiced minus approved amount by line and total invoiced labour with your own figures.

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Use invoiced minus approved amount by line and total invoiced labour to compare changes to your inputs. The method and limits below explain the scope.

Examples

Examples

Try the starting example

Invoice lines: role, invoiced minutes, approved minutes, $/hour
A,600,480,20 B,300,360,30
Invoiced minus approved amount by line ($)
A: 40.00; B: -30.00
Total invoiced labour ($)
$350.00
Total approved-time labour ($)
$340.00
Signed total invoice difference ($)
$10.00
Sum of positive line overstatements ($)
$40.00

Try another scenario

Invoice lines: role, invoiced minutes, approved minutes, $/hour
A,600,600,20 B,300,360,30
Invoiced minus approved amount by line ($)
A: 0.00; B: -30.00
Total invoiced labour ($)
$350.00
Total approved-time labour ($)
$380.00
Signed total invoice difference ($)
-$30.00
Sum of positive line overstatements ($)
$0.00
Calculation method

Calculation method

Invoiced minus approved amount by line ($)

Apply the supplied line hourly rate to invoiced and approved minutes separately; subtract cent-rounded amounts.

Total invoiced labour ($)

Sum invoice line pay equivalents.

Total approved-time labour ($)

Sum approved line pay equivalents.

Signed total invoice difference ($)

Total invoiced−total approved.

Sum of positive line overstatements ($)

Sum only positive line differences so other negative differences cannot hide them.

Symbols and units
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Invoice lines: role, invoiced minutes, approved minutes, $/hour

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Assumptions & limits

Assumptions & limits

  • An invoice/approved-time comparison using one supplied rate per role. It does not approve timesheets, decide contractual scope or modify an invoice.
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Further reading

US Department of Labor: pay/time recordkeeping background; actual rules vary ↗

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