You can choose your bill frequency for matters that use fixed fee billing.

Before you begin: 

• Enable fixed fee billing for the matter in the matter's billing options. (See Setting Up a Fixed Fee Billing Arrangement for a Matter for instructions.)

To do this:

1. In Actionstep Practice Management, view the matter you want to set up the billing arrangement for. (See Editing a Matter for help.)
2. Click the Billing menu icon. The Billing page appears.
3. On the left side of the page, click Matter billing options. The page is updated to show Matter Billing Options.
4. In the Billing arrangement section, make sure Arrangement is set to Fixed fee.
5. In the Fixed fee section that appears, click the Bill frequency drop-down list and choose which schedule you prefer:
   • Custom schedule: Choose this option to identify key points in the matter workflow that you want to bill/pay the specified amount and then complete the fields in the table that appears.
     
   • Every billing cycle: Choose this option to bill every billing cycle.
6. Click Save to save and apply your new billing schedule.

Additional Resources:

• Setting Up a Fixed Fee Billing Arrangement for a Matter
• Generating an Invoice Using Fixed Fee Billing
• Applying a Fixed Fee When Entering Time
• Creating a Rate Label (Admin)
• Configuring Your Billing Settings (Admin)

Updated May 12, 2026 21:42