Pay application (G702/G703-style) — generate one free
A progress-billing pay application with the standard certificate summary and per-line continuation — Donnie computes every line from your schedule of values, deterministically, and flags over-billing and reconciliation problems before anyone signs.
Donnie generates this document from your real project data — computed, not a blank form. Free with an Ask Donnie watermark; your logo on paid plans.
What it is
A pay application bills the owner for a percentage of each schedule-of-values line as work progresses, less retainage. The certificate cover carries nine summary lines; the continuation sheet carries the per-line detail. Donnie's engine computes both from your SOV and prior draws — the arithmetic is exact decimal math, and the same inputs always produce the same document.
The nine certificate lines (computed, not typed)
1. Original contract sum
The contract amount before any change orders.
2. Net change by change orders
The net (add/deduct) of executed change orders.
3. Contract sum to date
Line 1 + line 2. Donnie also checks this equals the sum of your SOV lines — and prints a reconciliation warning if it doesn't.
4. Total completed & stored to date
The sum of every line's completed-from-previous + this period + materials stored.
5. Retainage (5a on completed work, 5b on stored material)
Your retainage percentage applied to completed work and stored materials separately.
6. Total earned less retainage
Line 4 minus line 5.
7. Less previous certificates
The prior application's line 6 — carried across draws automatically.
8. Current payment due
Line 6 minus line 7 — the check being requested.
9. Balance to finish, incl. retainage
Line 3 minus line 6.
Common questions
Is this an official AIA G702/G703?
No — it matches the standard field and column structure the industry expects, but the AIA form art and certification prose are AIA-copyrighted; this is Ask Donnie's own document with equivalent math. Your contract governs whether the licensed AIA form is required — where it is, use the AIA form.
What does the over-billed warning mean?
Donnie flags any line billed past its scheduled value (sign-aware, so a deduct change order isn't falsely flagged) and any application where the completed total exceeds the contract sum — before the owner or architect certifies.
Does it carry values across draws?
Yes — each new application seeds from the prior one (completed-from-previous per line, previous certificates on line 7), so the cumulative math stays consistent.
Related free documents
Matches the standard G702/G703 field and column structure. Not an AIA form — the AIA's form layout and certification language are copyrighted, and this document uses its own.
General information, not legal or professional advice — confirm requirements with your contract, your jurisdiction, and licensed professionals.