What constitutes a final invoice?
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What constitutes a final invoice?
My wife and I had some work done on our house earlier this year and went through a General Contractor. We received the bid from the Tile guy and proceeded to pay half up front with the remainder due upon completion. I received an invoice which had a total owed on it but did not include tax. I paid the amount shown as a total and a few days later was told that tax was not included am I responsible to pay that tax even thought the invoice was “Final”.
Asked on November 8, 2012 under Business Law, Washington
Answers:
SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 12 years ago | Contributor
The law does not enforce obvious errors. If this clearly was something for which you, as the consumer, should have paid tax--and it is easily determined that you should have paid tax--but tax was left off due to some oversight, the contractor can still seek it and you would still be liable for it.
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