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Can retention be billed even though not all change orders are completely billed yet?

CaliforniaRetainage

My boss wants me to bill our customer for retention on the original contract job, but we several pending change orders to bill. Is this correct?

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Oct 30, 2021

The retention rules are pretty specific and quite fact-driven. You can always bill for retention, whether you get it is a different story. But, you can always ask for a reduction in retention as the work is getting mostly complete.

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