Progress claim template — ACT
A progress claim for a job in the ACT, with GST and retention worked out, and the dates your payment schedule and payment are due.
A free tool from Footing Tools. No account needed. It makes one claim — Footing, the software, runs the whole job.
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When is the payment schedule due in ACT?
Put in the date the claim was served. Footing Tools counts business days under the Building and Construction Industry (Security of Payment) Act 2009 (ACT), leaving out weekends and ACT public holidays.
Starter prompts
Paste one into ChatGPT or Claude once Footing Tools is added.
“I'm 40% through a $380k contract in the ACT. Work out my progress claim”
“Make a payment claim for stage 3 of a job in ACT, with 5% retention”
“I served a payment claim in ACT today. When is the payment schedule due?”
What it won't do
- Give legal advice or tell you what a clause means.
- Price your work. The numbers are the ones you put in.
- Respond to a claim someone else served on you, or advise on a dispute.
Templates and calculations only — not legal, financial, safety or professional advice. Check everything against your contract and the law, or get advice, before you rely on it. Footing isn't responsible for how it's used.
Straight answers
Which Act covers progress claims in ACT?
The Building and Construction Industry (Security of Payment) Act 2009 (ACT). It sets the rules for payment claims and payment schedules on construction work in the ACT. Your contract adds its own terms on top.
When does the payment schedule have to be given in ACT?
Within a number of business days of the claim being served, set by the Act and your contract. Business days leave out weekends and public holidays. Put your served date in the calculator on this page and it gives you the date.
Does a payment claim in ACT need to mention the Act?
Leave “Include the Security of Payment Act statement” ticked and the claim carries the wording the Act asks for in ACT, where it asks for one. Check your contract too.
Is this legal advice?
No. Templates and calculations, not legal advice. If a claim is disputed, talk to a construction lawyer.
Running more than a few jobs?
This makes one claim. Footing raises every claim on the job from the accepted quote, holds retention, puts the payment schedule due date on it, and shows what's overdue in one queue.