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Getting paid on Florida construction

Collecting in Florida runs on documents. These guides cover invoices and lien releases that do not stall in accounts payable, pricing a job so there is money there to collect, and the bond claim route on a public job where there is no property to lien.

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How to run the businessFlorida retainageThe 10 percent retainage clause that half the Florida payment pages still print stopped governing new contracts some time ago. What the cap is now, when it releases, and how to invoice for it instead of waiting.How to run the businessPrice a Florida jobPrice a Florida job off a cost floor that already carries the 6% state tax and the delivery county's 2026 surtax, with the $5,000 single item cap applied and a markup that produces the margin you meant to keep.How to run the businessPublic job bond claimsPublic property in Florida carries no lien, so the s.255.05 payment bond is your security. Run the chain: Notice to Contractor inside 45 days of commencing, sworn Notice of Nonpayment inside its window, suit inside the year.How to run the businessFlorida prompt paymentFlorida has charged interest on late construction payment since 1992, on private work and public work alike, and on most jobs the statute is simply never switched on. It runs from a written request you can send this afternoon.How to run the businessFlorida deposit rulesFlorida does not stop you taking money up front. Section 489.126 attaches two duties to the deposit once it passes a threshold, and a contractor who runs them on purpose is the one who keeps getting deposits.How to run the businessFlorida invoices and releasesBill Florida draws in USD with the Rule 12A-1.051 tax fork already settled, sign only the two s.713.20 lien releases, and get the final payment affidavit into the owner's hands five days before you would ever file suit.How to run the businessClient will not pay in FloridaThe unpaid Florida invoice has a ladder already built for it: the notice, then the claim of lien or the bond claim, then the sworn affidavit. Most balances clear at rung two, and the ones that do not are the jobs where nobody filed rung one.

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Florida contractor licensingFlorida construction lien deadlinesSales tax for Florida contractorsPricing construction work in FloridaFinding construction work in FloridaBond claims on Florida public workWorkers comp and exemptions in FloridaResidential and storm work in Florida
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