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Submit a nil bill

Search for the relevant case under My Cases and Applications. 

Scroll to the Available Actions and select Billing.

The cost limit on this certificate is set to £0.00, as the cost limit has been moved to the lead certificate. Once all the work has been completed submit the outcomes then submit a Nil Bill against this certificate. 

From the Case Statement of Account click Create Bill.

Click Bill Details.

Select the type of bill from the drop down menu. Click Next.

For Nil Bills select Yes to submit a disbursement. Click Next.

Answer all relevant questions until the CPGFS Bill Line screen is displayed. At this point details of the bill can be entered. Remove the fixed fee part of the claim as this will be made against the lead certificate. 

Click Remove to remove this part of the bill. 

The fixed fee aspect has now been removed. 

Click Next 

Select Nil Bill from the drop down menu and then compete the rest of the mandatory fields. 

After all details have been included, select Next.

The status in the Bill Details section will change to Complete. 

Click Submit.

Once submission confirmed click Next to be return to the Financials section.