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Definitions - the terms we throw around

Project Financial Terms

Add-Ons – extra things you billed to your client.

Backlog – the Gross Fee minus the Earned Value. This is how much work is left to be completed.

Billing Rate – the amount per hour that will be charged if the time will be billed hourly.

Billing Value – Hours times Billing Rate

Cash Profits – Income minus the lines shown between Income and Cash Profits under By The Numbers.

Discounts – reductions on invoices.

Earned Value – this is the amount of the fees that have been earned based on work completed.

Expenses – the total cost of direct expenses.

Expenses Billed – the total amount of expenses that have been billed.

Fees Billed – how much of the contract fees you have billed to date.

Gross Fee – the total fee amount you will be billing to your client. (Contracted Fees, Fees, Contract Amount)

Income – how much you have received from your client.

Income Due – the current balance due on open project invoices.

Labor – total cost of your direct labor. (Direct Labor)

Labor Burden – Labor plus Overhead.

Net Income Due – what the client owes you less what you owe to your consultants.

Net Fee – the Gross Fee minus any consultant fees. This is the amount of the fee your firm will get to keep.

Overhead – Labor times your overhead factor.

Pass-Thrus Billed – the total amount of consultant Pass-Thrus billed.

Payouts – amounts paid to consultants.

PWP Liability (Pay When Paid) – These are amounts earmarked for consultants based on what has been invoiced.

Projected Billings – what the system believes you will bill on your next invoicing cycle. This is the sum of your WIP plus unbilled expenses and unbilled consultant Pass-Thrus.

Remainder – the fee amount that has not yet been invoiced.

WIP (Work In Progress) – this is your Earned Value minus fees you have invoiced.

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