RetainageBack
For commercial subcontractors on QuickBooks Online

See every dollar of retainage your GCs still owe you.

Upload last year's pay apps. In about ten minutes you get a retainage aging report across every job and every GC.

No card needed. Works with the pay apps you already send.

Retainage outstandingSample
$143,029.20

across 4 jobs and 3 general contractors

0–30 days$6,980.00
31–90 days$11,150.00
91–180 days$41,307.20
180+ days$83,592.00
Harbor Point Builders$48,369.20
Kessler Construction$63,410.00
Northgate General Contractors$31,250.00

From a folder of PDFs to a release request

The office manager does this once. After that, every new pay app keeps the report current.

  1. Upload your pay apps

    Drop in G702/G703 PDFs or your GCs' own forms. Each one is read line by line, including retainage held to date.

  2. Confirm the flagged numbers

    Anything that doesn't add up sits beside the source page, so you check two fields instead of two hundred.

  3. Request what you're owed

    See retainage by job and GC, oldest dollar first, and send a drafted release request from your own email.

Built for the billing desk

Three screens your office manager opens every month-end.

Retainage ledger

Held, released, outstanding

Per job and per GC, with substantial completion dates and reminders at +30, +60 and +90 days.

Pay app board

Which GC to chase today

Draft, submitted, approved, paid, short-paid. Days in status on every card, overdue flagged after 45 days.

QuickBooks Online

Payments matched for you

Received payments are matched to pay apps. Short payments show the exact difference.

Questions subs ask first

Do I need to change how I bill my GCs?

No. Keep submitting through Textura, GCPay, Procore Pay or email. RetainageBack exports a portal-ready schedule of values and tracks status, so the GC's process stays the same.

What if a pay app is scanned or messy?

Low-confidence numbers go to a review screen with the page beside them. Totals are always recalculated from the numbers you confirm.

Can RetainageBack change anything in QuickBooks?

No. The connection is read-only. It reads customers and received payments to match them to pay apps.

Is this legal or lien advice?

No. RetainageBack tracks dates and amounts. Release terms come from your contract and state law.