Standard Report - Lawtrac Savings Report - FIN064
Lawtrac Savings Report
The ‘Lawtrac Savings Report’ allows you to quickly view the invoice adjustments made and the non-compliance issues submitted by your Law Firms/Vendors; thus resulting in monetary savings to your Legal Department.
- Enter the between dates as needed and select the Date filter desired, Based On:
- Date Recorded
- Invoice Date
- Period From
- Period To
- Date Approved
- To Accounting
- Date Paid
- Select Matter Records Which Are: Open, Closed, or choose all by selecting Open/Closed
- Select a specific Law Firm or leave Any / All selected to get all Law Firms
4. Select the Savings Type to report on, see detailed description of each below sample report:
- Law Firm / Vendor Adjustments -- Total of all savings based on “Non-compliance with Billing Guidelines” and “Legal Department Adjustments”
- Non-compliance with Billing Guidelines -- Rules are violated, examples include:
- Exceeding the timekeeper’s approved rate
- Adjustment for late reporting (you can set penalties for reporting of worked performed months prior to the invoice’s submission date)
- Designate Specific Words/Phrases that are not allowed due to billing guidelines…if they are used Lawtrac automatically reduces the line amount)
- Legal Department Adjustments -- When an approver is reviewing an invoice and determines the charge is incorrect, examples include: Excessive time, Unauthorized Work, Inappropriate Staffing, etc.
Sample Report:
Based on “Invoice Date” for all “Open/Closed” matters for all Law Firms and it details the “Law Firm / Vendor Adjustments”.