Industry — Construction & Project Billing

Construction & project work, billed by the project

Bill by a project and its bill of resources — labour, machine and material — not by product SKU. Raise GST-compliant RA and progress bills as work advances, handle retention and advance, and post to your accounts. Construction and project firms are one of the businesses Fast Billing serves — it runs all GST billing, cloud or on-premise, across India and worldwide.

Bill by project
and its bill of resources
RA / progress
billed as work advances
GST-ready
CGST/SGST/IGST, amount in words
Project Bill — Live
📋 Project + Bill of Resources Set up
SITE-TWRB · 14-floor tower · client + GST no.
Resource lines: labour · machine · material
🧾 RA / Progress Bill Raised
RA-4 bill · resource-itemised by stage
Retention 5% · advance adjusted
✅ GST & Amount in Words Compliant
CGST/SGST/IGST from the tax config
Total rounded and put into words
🔗 Posted to Accounts Synced
Sales voucher with GST to Tally & other tools
Follow-up on outstanding RA dues
Dhruv AI
"Which projects have the most outstanding?" — answered
Overdue RA bills flagged by client
Insight: TOWER-B retention release due
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Why construction & project firms choose Fast Billing

The billing problems every
project firm recognises

Billing by SKU doesn't fit project work

Standard invoicing wants a product and a quantity, but you bill a stage of work — an RCC frame, a plumbing package — measured in labour, machine and material. Forced into product lines, the bill loses the story the certifier needs.

RA bills are rebuilt by hand every month

Each running-account claim is retyped from measurement sheets into a fresh invoice, and the client's certifier disputes lines that don't tie to the resources and stage actually done on site.

Retention and advance get lost

The held-back retention and the mobilisation advance live on a side sheet, so the net payable on each RA bill is a manual sum nobody trusts and retention due for release quietly slips off the radar.

The bill never reaches the books cleanly

Project bills, GST and receipts are re-keyed into accounting by hand, so GST output and the outstanding on each project drift out of sync and month-end becomes a reconciliation hunt.

How Fast Billing fixes each one
Bill by project and bill of resourcesRaise a project bill with resource-itemised lines — labour, machine, material — keyed to the stage of work, so each bill mirrors what was actually done, not a made-up SKU.
RA and progress bills, on the recordEach running-account or progress bill for a certified stage is raised from the same project with its own RA number, so claims tie to resources and stages — not a fresh spreadsheet every month.
Retention and advance handled on the billRetention and mobilisation advance are applied and adjusted on the bill itself, so net payable is right the first time and retention due for release is always visible.
GST-compliant and posted to your accountsEvery bill carries HSN, CGST/SGST/IGST and amount in words, and posts as a sales voucher with GST to Tally and other tools, with payment follow-up on outstanding RA dues.
Project-bill-to-cash lifecycle

From project to collected payment —
one bill, one traceable trail

Every project bill follows the same controlled path, whatever the site delivers — so billing runs on a project and its bill of resources, not on measurement sheets and a side ledger for retention.

Project
Set up with client, GST no. and budget
Resource
Bill of Resources
Labour, machine, material lines
Bill
RA / Progress Bill
Raised for a certified stage
Apply GST
GST & Retention
HSN, CGST/SGST/IGST, retention, advance
Print
Amount in Words
Printable GST project bill
Collect
Payment & Accounts
Receipt, follow-up, posted to Tally
End-to-end flow

Set up the project → bill by resource →
apply GST and collect

Fast Billing gives construction and project firms the billing control they keep trying to build with measurement sheets and a side ledger — with GST, retention and accounts posting built in.

Set up the project
Open the project with its client, GST number and budget, then list its bill of resources — labour, machine and material
Raise the RA / progress bill
Bill a certified stage with resource-itemised lines, its own RA number, and retention and advance applied on the bill
Apply GST & print
HSN and CGST/SGST/IGST from the tax config, other charges added, total rounded and put into words on a printable bill
Collect & post
Record the receipt against the bill, follow up on outstanding RA dues, and post to your accounts / Tally with GST
01 — Bill by project, not by SKU

Bill the project, not a product line

For construction, real-estate, EPC, fabrication and job-work firms, a bill isn't a product and a quantity — it's a stage of work. Project & resource billing raises a bill against a project and its resources rather than a SKU. Set the project up once with its client, GST number and budget, and every bill you raise against it — progress or running-account — carries the resource detail the certifier expects. It's one system that also raises standard GST tax invoices and counter POS for your product sales.

Bill against a project and its bill of resources
Resource lines — labour, machine, material — not SKUs
Project set up once with client, GST no. and budget
Same system also raises GST tax invoices and POS
Project SITE-TWRB — Bills
Active
Stage
RA no.
Status
RCC frame Fl 1–5Superstructure
RA-4
Certified
Blockwork Fl 1–4Masonry
RA-4
Certified
Plumbing packageMEP
RA-3
Billed
Finishing Fl 1–3Finishing
Pending
02 — Bill of resources

Labour, machine and material — itemised on the bill

Each project bill breaks down into a bill of resources — the labour, machine and material a stage consumed — priced with a quantity and a rate. So an RA bill for a floor's RCC shows the ready-mix concrete, the steel, the mason gang and the plant as separate lines, not one opaque lump sum, and it ties back to the project costing and your accounts and vouchers. That's the detail that gets an RA claim certified without a fight.

Resource lines: labour, machine, material with qty and rate
Every RA line traces to a resource, not a lump sum
Ties to project costing and your accounts
The certifier sees exactly what was consumed
Bill of resources — RA-4 · RCC frame
Resource lines · qty · amount
RMC M30 — material
96 m³ · ₹5.7L
TMT steel — material
9.2 T · ₹6.4L
Mason gang — labour
14 days · ₹2.1L
Concrete pump — machine
4 days · ₹1.0L
Resource-itemised RA line
Labour · machine · material, each priced
03 — GST-compliant project bills

A GST project bill, down to the words

Every project bill is a proper GST document. HSN and CGST/SGST/IGST come from the tax configuration and the item and party tax maps, freight, packing and other charges are added, the total is rounded and the amount is converted to words on the printed bill. Whether the client is in-state or inter-state, the split is right — and the GST tax invoicing engine and the e-way bill and e-invoice handoff are the same ones your product invoices use.

HSN and CGST/SGST/IGST from tax config and tax maps
Freight, packing and other charges on the bill
Total rounded and amount in words on every bill
e-way bill and e-invoice / QR from the same data
GST — RA-4 bill
In-state
Head
Rate
Amount
Type
Taxable valueResource lines
91.0L
NET
CGSTCentral
9%
8.19L
GST
SGSTState
9%
8.19L
GST
04 — Retention, advance & follow-up

Retention and advance, handled on the bill

Construction bills rarely settle at face value. Apply retention (a held-back percentage) and adjust the mobilisation advance on the bill itself, so the net payable is right the first time. Record the client's receipt against the bill through payments, receipts & follow-up, adjust any advance, and the outstanding — including retention due for release — is tracked per project, with SMS, email and WhatsApp follow-up on overdue RA dues.

Retention applied and tracked for release
Mobilisation advance adjusted on the bill
Receipts posted against the bill, advance adjusted
Outstanding and retention followed up by SMS/email/WhatsApp
RA-4 bill — TOWER-B
Net, retention & advance
Gross bill (incl. GST)₹1,07,38,000
Less retention 5%− ₹5,36,900
Less advance adjusted− ₹10,00,000
Net payable₹92,01,100
Received₹50,00,000 ✓
Balance · follow-up₹42,01,100
Net, retention and advance — all on one bill
05 — One system, posted to your accounts

Post every bill to your books

A confirmed project bill posts as a sales voucher with GST to Tally and other tools, and receipts post as receipt vouchers, so your GST output and project outstanding stay in step without re-keying. Sales returns and rate corrections go through credit and debit notes, light accounts, vouchers and expenses keep C-Form, budgets and supplier bills in one place, and Dhruv AI answers "which projects have the most outstanding?" in plain English. It's one system that also runs your standard GST tax invoices and counter POS.

Bills post as sales vouchers with GST to Tally and other tools
Receipts post as receipt vouchers — no re-keying
Credit and debit notes for returns and rate corrections
Dhruv AI answers outstanding and GST questions in plain English
Bill register — SITE-TWRB
Project bills · posted to accounts
RA-2 · Fl 1–3 finishing64,20,000
RA-3 · plumbing package28,40,000
RA-4 · Fl 1–5 RCC91,00,000
Posted to accountsSynced ✓
Project outstanding42,01,100
Full capability set

Everything Fast Billing covers
for construction & project firms

Project & resource billing

Bill against a project and its bill of resources — labour, machine and material — with progress and running-account bills, typed and printable.

GST tax invoicing

GST tax invoices with HSN and CGST/SGST/IGST from the tax config, other charges, rounding and amount in words — domestic and export.

Payments, receipts & follow-up

Receipts against each bill, advance and retention adjustment, and outstanding follow-up by SMS, email and WhatsApp on RA dues.

Credit & debit notes

Credit and debit notes for sales returns and rate corrections, with the double-bill guard so a certified stage isn't billed twice.

Accounts, vouchers & expenses

Light accounts — vouchers, expenses, supplier-bill approval, C-Form and budgets — feeding your books alongside the project bills.

Delivery challan & packing

Delivery challans and packing slips for materials moved to site, with e-way-bill data drawn from the same document.

FAQ

Construction & project billing —
what firms ask us

Can I bill by project instead of by product SKU?

Yes. Project billing raises a bill against a project and its resources rather than a SKU. Set the project up once with its client, GST number and budget, then raise progress or RA bills against it.

Can I itemise labour, machine and material?

Yes. Every bill breaks into a bill of resources — labour, machine and material with a quantity and rate — so an RA line shows the concrete, steel, gang and plant, not a lump sum.

Does it support RA and progress billing?

Yes. You bill a certified stage as a progress or running-account (RA) bill from the same project, with its own RA number, so claims aren't rebuilt by hand every month.

How are retention and advance handled?

Retention and mobilisation advance are applied and adjusted on the bill itself, so net payable is right, and retention due for release is tracked with the outstanding per project.

Are project bills GST-compliant with amount in words?

Yes. HSN and CGST/SGST/IGST come from the tax config and tax maps, charges are added, the total is rounded and the amount is put into words on the printed bill.

Can project bills post to my accounts or Tally?

Yes. Bills post as sales vouchers with GST and receipts as receipt vouchers to Tally and other tools. Fast Billing serves Indian SMEs of every kind, cloud or on-premise.

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Bill every project by its bill of resources.

A 30-minute demo — your project, its labour, machine and material lines, an RA bill with GST, retention and advance, and the receipt posted to your accounts. See it work as one system.

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