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title: Broker Commission and Contractor Payables Software | XSquare
description: Pay contractors, brokers and sales teams through approved payment runs. Hold retention per milestone and calculate commissions by rule, on invoice or payment.
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Payables and commissions
# Contractors, brokers and sales, paid on approval.
What falls due this week and this month, commissions owed and on hold, and retention held by project, paid in runs that a manager approves.
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Image: Payables dashboard with amounts due, commissions, retention and upcoming payments
Screenshot of the live product, demo data.
In short
XSquare Real Estate handles what a developer owes: contractor bills with retention, broker commissions per project, sales team commissions on invoice or on payment, and payment runs that a manager approves.
Used by[Accounts payable](https://aqartab.com/departments#ap)[Commissions](https://aqartab.com/departments#commissions)[Brokers](https://aqartab.com/departments#brokers)

## Payment runs with real approval
An officer picks the bills, a manager approves, then pays and prints. The amount of each line comes from the bill, never typed.
- Each bill is checked again before payment
- Approved runs feed straight into the treasury forecast
- Payments of the next 8 weeks by type of payee

## Contractor retention you can trust
Retention is held on the bill itself and released only by a manager, for a reason.
- Contractor bills linked to a project, phase and construction milestone
- Released when the milestone is done or the project is handed over
- Retention held is visible per project

## Commissions on rules, not spreadsheets
Brokers are paid the agreed rate every time, and sales commission follows the money actually collected.
- Broker rates per broker and per project, created when the contract is approved
- Sales commission by team, category or product, earned on invoice or on payment
- Hold a commission back with a reason, or bill it in one click
Questions

## Common questions

### How are broker commissions calculated?
Rates are set per broker and per project. A commission is created when the contract is approved and becomes a vendor bill.

### Can commission depend on money collected?
Yes. Sales team commission can be earned on invoice validation or on payment.

### How is contractor retention handled?
It stays on the original bill and is released by a manager when the milestone is done or the project is handed over, then paid through a run.
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## See it on your own project.
Bring your project, your payment plans and your hardest questions. We walk you through the system in a live demo.
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