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Legal Disclaimer
ScopeDue helps freelancers create a clear business record of approvals, payment events, handoff decisions, and Proof Pack exports. It is not a law firm, accounting firm, tax advisor, payment processor, debt collection service, or substitute for professional advice.
What this disclaimer covers
ScopeDue gives freelancers a structured way to document client changes: what changed, what it costs, who approved it, whether payment is required, whether payment was confirmed by the freelancer, and what proof exists. That record can reduce confusion, but it does not guarantee an outcome.
This page explains the limits of ScopeDue’s product, templates, tools, help content, payment status language, Proof Packs, and client approval workflows.
What ScopeDue helps you do
Create a business record
Record the original scope, a priced change request, an extra revision approval, a source file release request, or a final handoff condition in one clear place.
Document client approval
Send a client approval link so the client can review the request, price, timeline impact, and next step before work continues.
Track payment status history
Keep a payment ledger showing requested, client marked paid, proof uploaded, paid pending confirmation, freelancer confirmed received, overdue, disputed, waived, or refunded events.
Save handoff and Proof Pack records
Record when handoff is locked, when payment is confirmed, when files are released, and what events appear in a Proof Pack export.
What ScopeDue does not do
| Topic | ScopeDue can help with | ScopeDue does not do |
|---|---|---|
| Legal advice | Help you document approvals, payment events, and handoff decisions as business records. | Provide legal advice, interpret laws, draft legal strategy, guarantee enforceability, or replace an attorney. |
| Accounting and taxes | Organize payment status history and proof references for your own records. | Provide bookkeeping, tax classification, accounting advice, audit advice, or tax filing guidance. |
| Contracts | Record scope, approvals, priced changes, revision limits, and handoff rules you choose to use. | Replace a contract, create attorney-reviewed terms, or promise that a client approval will be legally sufficient. |
| Payment | Track payment requested, client marked paid, proof uploaded, and freelancer confirmed received. | Guarantee payment, automatically verify bank receipt, collect debt, process payment unless a supported integration explicitly says so, or resolve chargebacks. |
| Disputes | Export a Proof Pack that summarizes approvals, payment status history, handoff events, and related records. | Win disputes, decide who is right, act as an arbitrator, represent you, or guarantee that a platform, court, client, or payment provider will accept your record. |
| Client behavior | Make expectations clearer before work continues. | Prevent every misunderstanding, force a client to respond, guarantee good faith, or make informal business risks disappear. |
Payment status is a workflow record, not accounting advice
ScopeDue’s payment ledger is meant to reduce confusion around business workflow status. For example, a client may mark an item as paid or upload proof, but that is not the same as final confirmation. In ScopeDue, the freelancer confirms payment received after checking their own payment source.
Payment records inside ScopeDue should not be treated as accounting entries, tax records, bank verification, payment processor records, or legal conclusions. Keep your official invoices, receipts, bank records, processor records, tax records, and accounting system updated separately as needed.
A Proof Pack is a helpful record, not a legal guarantee
A Proof Pack can help collect a readable timeline of original scope, approved changes, payment status history, uploaded proof references, and handoff events. It is useful for business organization, client communication, and project closeout.
Good uses
- Review what the client approved.
- Show when payment was requested and confirmed.
- Document why work or handoff was paused.
- Close a project with a clear internal record.
Do not treat it as
- A promise that you will be paid.
- A substitute for a contract.
- A legal opinion or legal filing.
- A guarantee that a dispute will be decided in your favor.
You can view a sample Proof Pack to understand the kind of business timeline ScopeDue is designed to organize.
Templates and tools are practical examples, not professional advice
ScopeDue may provide templates, scripts, checklist builders, or free tools such as a change request generator, scope creep message, payment reminder, or handoff checklist. These materials are general workflow examples for freelancers and small service providers. They are not customized professional advice.
Before sending any client-facing text, review it for your situation
- Confirm the price, scope, timeline impact, and payment condition are accurate.
- Remove any wording that does not match your contract, proposal, invoice, or business policy.
- Do not rely on a template for jurisdiction-specific legal, tax, accounting, or collections issues.
- Ask a qualified professional before using any wording in a high-value, disputed, regulated, or legally sensitive matter.
Use ScopeDue to make the next step clearer
When a client asks for extra work, the safer product workflow is not to rely on a vague chat message. Create a clear record before the work continues.
Create the request
Describe the change, why it is outside the current scope, the price, timeline impact, and any payment requirement.
Send the client approval link
Give the client a clear way to approve, decline, or ask a question before you start the extra work.
Track payment status honestly
If payment is required, keep the status separate: requested, client marked paid, proof uploaded, and freelancer confirmed received.
Record handoff decisions
If final handoff or source file release depends on payment, use a handoff lock record instead of relying on memory.
Save the Proof Pack
Export the approval, payment, and handoff timeline for business records, project closeout, or later review.
When to contact a professional
ScopeDue can help you organize the facts of your workflow, but some questions require human professional judgment. Consider contacting a qualified professional when the answer depends on your contract, local law, tax treatment, accounting method, payment processor rules, or dispute process.
Legal questions
Ask an attorney about enforceability, contract language, breach, collections, platform disputes, chargebacks, or client conflict strategy.
Tax or accounting questions
Ask a tax or accounting professional how to classify income, fees, refunds, write-offs, records, invoices, and business deductions.
Payment processor questions
Ask your payment provider about settlement timing, payment confirmation, disputes, holds, reversals, refunds, or transaction records.
Learn product limits before you rely on a record
Use ScopeDue to create clearer approval, payment, handoff, and Proof Pack records. Do not use it as a substitute for legal, tax, accounting, payment processor, or dispute advice.