Projects and Construction: Improvements to the Creation of Final Lien Waivers

A final lien waiver is a legal document used in the construction industry when the entire construction job or delivery is finished and final payment has been made. Once an accountant considers the received payment to be final for the scope of the lien waiver, the corresponding lien waiver should be marked as the final one.

In MYOB Acumatica Construction Edition 2025.1, the lien waiver functionality has been extended. Now users can mass-mark lien waivers as final; this capability is available on two forms so that each user can decide which way they find more convenient.

Changes to the Compliance Management Form

A user responsible for lien waiver processing can now finalize lien waivers directly on the Compliance Management (CL401000) form. For this purpose, the Set as Final button has been added on the form toolbar (see the following screenshot).

Figure 1. The Set as Final button


To mark a particular lien waiver or multiple line waivers as the final ones, the user selects the unlabeled check box in the needed rows and clicks this button. The system verifies that the selected lien waivers can be marked as final; that is, it ensures that no other final lien waiver exists for the group of lien waivers.

Tip: The system groups the payment amounts to each conditional or unconditional lien waiver and generates lien waivers based on the option selected in the Calculate Amount By boxes on the Lien Waiver Settings tab of the Compliance Preferences (CL301000) form. For more information, see Lien Waivers: General Information.

Then the system changes the lien waiver type in the Document Category column as follows:

  • Conditional Partial to Conditional Final
  • Unconditional Partial to Unconditional Final

Mass-Processing of Final Lien Waivers

On the Print/Email Lien Waivers (CL502000) form, the Set as Final option has been added to the Action box, as shown in the screenshot below. Now a user can mass-mark lien waivers as the final ones. On the form, the user selects the Set as Final action and selects the unlabeled check boxes in the rows of the lien waivers to be marked as final. Then the user clicks Process on the form toolbar.

Figure 2. Mass-marking of the final lien waivers


Also, on the Print/Email Lien Waivers form, the Subcontract Total, PO Total, and PO Number columns have been added. Users can configure filters based on these columns to quickly select lien waivers that are ready to be set as the final ones.