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title: "Progress billing | Drywall Glossary"
url: https://tapeandfloat.com/glossary/progress-billing.html
language: en
author: James Grokman, CEO, TapeAndFloat
updated: 2026-10-28
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# Progress billing

**Progress billing is billing a job in stages as work is completed, usually by percent complete on each line of the schedule of values, instead of one invoice at the end.**

## Why it matters on a drywall job

- Billing as you go keeps cash coming in on long jobs.
- Overbilling or underbilling percent complete can cause friction with the GC either way.

## Related guides and tools

- [Drywall pay applications (blog)](https://tapeandfloat.com/blog/drywall-pay-application-texas.html)
- [Get paid faster on draws (GC guide)](https://gc.tapeandfloat.com/guides/get-paid-faster-draws.html)
- [All glossary terms](https://tapeandfloat.com/glossary/)

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