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Invoice red-flag check
Paste the lines from one waste-hauling or freight invoice. The check flags lines that deserve a question (fee percentages, container rent, fuel surcharges, accessorials, reweighs, duplicates) and writes the question to ask your vendor. It never tells you a refund amount: a flag is a question, not a finding.
Which rules does it run?
| Rule | Invoices | Question it writes |
|---|---|---|
| Fuel or energy surcharge | Hauling, Freight | Which published index and which table does this surcharge follow, and which week’s price was used on this invoice? Where in our contract is it allowed? |
| Environmental, recovery or admin fee | Hauling, Freight | What cost does this fee recover, how is the amount set, and which clause of our agreement allows it? Can it be removed or capped at renewal? |
| Container or equipment rental billed separately | Hauling | Is container rental a separate agreed charge in our contract, or part of the service rate? What is the monthly rate per container, and which containers is it for? |
| Contamination charge | Hauling | Please send the dated photo and the pickup record for this charge, and the contamination policy in our agreement. |
| Extra pickup or overage | Hauling | Please send the dated service tickets or driver photos for each extra pickup or overage on this invoice. |
| Disposal by weight | Hauling | Please send the scale tickets for these tons, with dates and the disposal site. |
| Trip, dry-run or delivery charge | Hauling | What date was this, what was the reason recorded by the driver, and is there a photo? |
| Container access charge | Hauling | Is this service in our contract rate? How often is it billed, and can it be removed if we place the container for the driver? |
| Liftgate accessorial | Freight | Was a liftgate requested on the bill of lading? Our location has a dock: can this be reversed? |
| Residential delivery charge | Freight | This address is a business. What made it residential, and can the charge be reversed and the address corrected in your system? |
| Reweigh or re-class | Freight | Please send the inspection certificate or reweigh ticket, with photos and the dimensions you measured. What weight, dimensions and class did you record? |
| Dimensional weight, size or handling charge | Freight | What dimensions were recorded for this package? Please send the scan or measurement. |
| Detention, waiting or loading help | Freight | What were the arrival and departure times recorded, and what free time applies under our agreement? |
| Redelivery, storage or address correction | Freight | What caused the failed attempt or correction, and what address or appointment detail was missing? |
| Delivery-condition accessorial | Freight | Was this service requested on the bill of lading or by the consignee? If not, please reverse it. |
| Delivery area surcharge | Freight | Which ZIP list applied to this delivery, and does our agreement discount delivery-area surcharges? |
| Billing fee | Hauling, Freight | Is this fee in our agreement? Will it be waived if we move to e-invoicing or ACH? |
| Price change line | Hauling, Freight | Which clause and which index allow this increase, and when was written notice sent? |
| Possible duplicate line | Hauling, Freight | Are these two separate services, and on which dates? |
Why no refund amount?
Because the invoice alone can’t prove one. Whether a fee is allowed depends on your contract; whether a liftgate was needed depends on your dock. The check finds the lines worth asking about. An audit reads the contract and evidence behind them.