The client bought the materials? Your fee still counts them
On cost-plus fit-out jobs your fee is a percentage of the full project cost, including materials the client paid for directly. Mark them "paid by client": they enter the fee base and never touch your cash or the client's payments.
The familiar problem
The client buys EGP 45,000 of tiles; your team installs them. At the final account nobody has the invoice, and the fee on it is lost or disputed.
Who paid: company, petty cash or client
Choose "client directly" on the expense. It shows as "paid by client" in a neutral style.
In the cost and the fee base
The header splits the fee base: ours + client. Set the fee % once in project settings; Qidda calculates the fee. Changes are logged.
Not out of your cash, petty cash or client payments
It doesn't reduce your cash or an engineer's petty cash, doesn't count as a client payment, and never triggers "uncovered spend".
The client sees it as theirs
The client link lists it under "purchases you paid for".
Example
10% fee. Company spent 800,000; client bought 200,000 of materials. Fee base 1,000,000, fee 100,000. Unrecorded, the fee would be 80,000. (Sample numbers.)
What Qidda doesn't do
It doesn't write your contract or suggest a fee rate.
FAQ
What is cost-plus fit-out?
The client pays the actual project cost and the contractor takes an agreed percentage of it for execution or supervision.
Is a client-paid material deducted from the client's payments?
No. It counts in the project cost and fee base only; it is not a client payment.
Does the client see it on their link?
Yes, under "purchases you paid for", when expenses are visible to them.
Can I change the fee percentage mid-project?
Yes, in project settings, and every change is logged with who made it and when.
Don't lose your fee on materials you didn't pay for.
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