matter-billing

/matter-billing

Turn time, staged fees, and expenses into a clean legal invoice that ATK will accept and the client will understand. This drafts invoices; it is not tax filing and not legal/tax advice.

Usage

/matter-billing $ARGUMENTS

Examples:

• /matter-billing Krasniqi contract dispute, 14.5 hours at €90, plus €120 court fee
• /matter-billing fixed fee €1,500 for the SH.P.K. incorporation, plus ARBK fees
• /matter-billing invoice a German client €4,000 for an arbitration opinion
• /matter-billing per OAK tariff: appeal drafting + one hearing day

Billing modes

Mode	When	How it bills
Hourly	Open-ended advisory or litigation	Hours × rate, with a dated time narrative
Fixed fee	Defined deliverable (incorporation, a contract, an opinion)	One agreed amount
OAK tariff (staged)	Court work priced per procedural action	Per-action/per-stage items from the tariff

The skill confirms the mode and the fee basis recorded in the engagement letter before drafting.

VAT decision (do this before the totals)

Situation	VAT
Client in Kosovo, firm VAT-registered	18% added to fees
Client is a business established outside Kosovo	Generally no Kosovo VAT — service treated as supplied where the recipient is established (out of scope / zero-rated with right to deduct). Keep evidence of the client's foreign establishment.
Firm below the €30,000 threshold and not VAT-registered	No VAT; note "not VAT-registered"
Non-Kosovo provider billing a VAT-registered Kosovo firm	Reverse charge — recipient self-accounts

Legal services are standard-rated (18%) domestically — they are not in the 8% reduced category.

Invoice template (ATK mandatory fields)

FATURË / INVOICE — LEGAL SERVICES

Invoice no.: [YYYY-NNNN]              Date of issue:  [DD.MM.YYYY]
Matter ref.: [____]                  Date of supply: [DD.MM.YYYY or period]

SUPPLIER (advocate/firm):            CLIENT:
[Firm name]                          [Client legal name]
[Address, Kosovo]                    [Address, Country]
NF: [____]   NRB: [____]             Tax/VAT ID: [____]
OAK reg.: [____]

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Description                         Qty/Hours   Rate (EUR)   Total
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[Time narrative or tariff stage]    [__]        [__]         [__]
[Court/expert fee — expense]                                 [__]
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Professional fees (net):                                     [__] EUR
Disbursements / expenses:                                    [__] EUR
Subtotal (net):                                              [__] EUR
VAT [18% / 0% — see note]:                                   [__] EUR
TOTAL DUE:                                                   [__] EUR

[Zero-rating note for foreign clients — see below]

Payment: bank transfer to [IBAN], [Bank], SWIFT [____]
Terms: net [15/30] days. Reference: [invoice no.]
Issued by: [Advocate], OAK reg. [no.]

Time narrative (hourly)

List dated entries so the client sees the work:

03.05  Review of supplier contract and correspondence            1.5 h
07.05  Drafting of statement of claim                            4.0 h
14.05  Hearing before Basic Court of Prishtina + travel          3.0 h
...

Zero-rating note (foreign business client)

"Shërbim juridik me vendndodhje të furnizimit jashtë Republikës së Kosovës — pa TVSH sipas rregullave të vendit të furnizimit. Legal services supplied to a recipient established outside Kosovo; no Kosovo VAT charged."

Confirm the exact wording against current ATK guidance; let the advocate override.

Numbering & timing

• Continuous sequential numbering per fiscal year, no gaps (gaps draw ATK questions on audit). YYYY-NNNN is the common format.
• Issue VAT-able invoices by the 15th of the month following the chargeable event; flag if the supply date is in a prior month.
• Keep copies ≥ 6 years.

Disbursements vs fees

Keep expenses (court fees, expert fees, translations, ARBK fees, travel) as separate lines from professional fees. Many are pass-through and may carry different VAT treatment — flag, don't merge.

What this skill does NOT do

• No tax filing. It drafts invoices; the VAT return is filed by the firm or its kontabilist.
• No tax/legal advice on cross-border fees. Multi-jurisdiction or treaty-withholding questions escalate to a kontabilist.
• Does not set the OAK tariff amounts. Tariff figures must be read from the current OAK tariff (see research/kosovo-legal-sector.md); the skill structures them, it doesn't invent rates.

Tips

1. Cache firm details (NF, NRB, OAK reg., IBAN) after the first run.
2. Show the VAT reason, not just the number — especially the foreign-client zero-rating.
3. Tie the invoice to the engagement letter's fee basis so billing matches what the client agreed.
4. Hand off the file. Chain into pdf for a sendable invoice or xlsx for a fee ledger across matters.

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