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# Payment assessment clarification email

Ask for the item-by-item basis of a reduced assessment while preserving the application and notice records.

by [Jack Butler-Kettle](<https://www.quantsurv.com/about#jack-butler-kettle>) · About 2 min readShare

## How to use it

Identify the exact assessment and differences. Request evidence without treating a clarification request as an extension of any challenge deadline.

### Payment assessment clarification email

Identify the exact assessment and differences. Request evidence without treating a clarification request as an extension of any challenge deadline.

[Download blank Word template](<https://www.quantsurv.com/downloads/library/payment-assessment-clarification-email.docx>)

Free blank template for your own project. The completed example is shown below. No email address required.

View the completed example

Completed fictional example

Westhaven refurbishment · 14 October 2026 · Version 1.0

#### Document details

Project

Westhaven refurbishment

From

Westhaven Interiors Ltd, commercial team

To

Alder Mere Projects Ltd, project commercial lead

Date

14 October 2026

Reference

WH-21-01

#### Subject: clarification of assessment PN-09

We refer to September application APP-09 for £24,000 and assessment PN-09 for £22,000, both excluding VAT.

Please identify the measured work, change or deduction accounting for the £2,000 difference and provide the supporting calculation and references. Our current reconciliation records the £2,000 as unresolved.

We have recorded the final payment date separately. Please respond by 16 October 2026 so that the assessment can be reconciled promptly.

The completed example uses fictional people, events and records. Replace it with your own verified information and preserve supporting evidence.

## Understanding your results

The completed example uses fictional people, events and records. Replace it with your own verified information and preserve supporting evidence.

## How it works

The Word file provides an unpopulated working structure to complete for your project. The completed fictional example stays on this page.

Read the [related guidance](<https://www.quantsurv.com/contra-charges/tips/ask-for-the-build-up>) for the context and checks behind this template.

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