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Our clients don’t just use EVX Software: they shape it. Environmental projects involve shifting scopes, multiple stakeholders, and shared budgets. Instead of forcing firms to adapt to rigid billing systems, we built flexible invoicing tools that reflect how projects actually work.
Billing in Environmental Consulting and Engineering projects is rarely simple. EVX Software makes it easier. With split invoices, flexible discounts, and transparent reporting, your firm can simplify financial complexity without losing control.
Our clients use and push EVX Software to its full potential, and that’s what we built it for. But let’s be clear: we don’t sit behind a screen imagining how your billing should work. Environmental Consulting and Engineering projects are complex, involving shared costs, shifting scopes, and multiple stakeholders. That’s why our updates reflect how real project teams operate. When our clients tell us something needs to be done differently, we build for that.
In one of our recent versions, we introduced a set of improvements to invoicing: the ability to split invoices among different stakeholders and apply discounts in more flexible ways, including per-invoice and per-line item. These weren’t theoretical ideas. They came directly from the needs of firms like yours.
We work closely with our clients. Our Customer Success and Account Management teams talk to project managers, financial leads, and admins constantly. From phone calls to sandbox testing, we collect feedback about what’s working and what needs to change.
Sometimes it’s a bug fix, sometimes it’s a tweak, and sometimes it becomes a brand-new feature. In many cases, it’s all three at once. Software isn’t perfect, and neither are we, but every issue becomes an opportunity to improve the system. That’s how split invoices and discount controls came to life.
Billing isn’t just about getting paid. For Environmental Consulting and Engineering firms, it reflects the way projects are structured. Are you billing time and materials? Fixed fee? A hybrid? How are you tracking costs and applying rates? Who’s paying for what part of the project?
Billing is where all your task management, time entries, and expenses come together. It’s also where miscommunication, delays, or confusion can cause issues that ripple across your business. That’s why we’ve focused so much attention on the billing module. When it works the way your firm works, everything else falls into place.
Environmental projects often involve shared funding. A developer, a public agency, and a third-party sponsor may all contribute to a single project. In EVX Software, you can now generate one invoice and split it across different recipients, maintaining identical billing details but customizing the header and client information for each stakeholder.
This ensures clarity and accountability. Each party knows what they’re being billed for, and the project manager doesn’t have to create multiple separate invoices manually. It keeps invoicing transparent and consistent while saving administrative time.
In real life, not all clients are treated equally, and that’s okay. You might have a special contract rate for a municipality or offer a prompt payment discount to a private partner. With this update, you can apply different discounts to each split invoice.
You no longer have to fudge line items or send manual clarifications. Each stakeholder receives a bill that reflects their actual agreement, without compromising the overall billing structure.
Sometimes you find a better deal on a rental. Sometimes a service didn’t take as long as expected. You shouldn’t have to adjust your entire invoice to reflect that. Now you can add discounts per line item, either as a fixed amount or a percentage.
It gives you granular control over the invoice. More importantly, it keeps your rates and billing practices consistent across the board. You're not changing how you charge, you're just reflecting reality in a cleaner, clearer way.
Not all discounts are automatic. You may want to offer one if a payment is made early or if a certain budget threshold is hit. You can now apply both amount-based and percentage-based discounts based on conditions you define.
This supports flexible business relationships and incentivizes good client behavior without manual tracking or separate follow-ups.
Environmental Consulting and Engineering firms don’t bill just to get paid. Billing reflects your internal processes, project structure, and ultimately, how well your firm is managing its work. A messy invoice can reflect a messy system. A clean, accurate, and transparent invoice tells your clients and your internal team that the project is under control.
These billing improvements might seem simple, but they reflect a bigger principle we live by at EVX Software: your software should follow the way you actually work, not the other way around.
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We didn’t build split invoices and discount controls to show off. We built them because clients needed them. And we’ll keep doing that, because your projects evolve, and your software should evolve too.
If you’re dealing with split responsibilities, shared budgets, or complex billing agreements, we invite you to see how EVX Software can help you simplify the invoicing side of your projects without losing control or clarity.
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