Who pays for your subcontractor?

A subcontractor you invite pays for itself, or you pay for it. This is how you choose and how you see who has paid.

What is the difference?

• The subcontractor pays itself (default). You pay nothing. Without a subscription it sees the tasks and deadlines and sends its documents to you. You add them to the project. If it takes its own subscription, it submits them itself.
• You pay. It submits right away, with the steps per task. You pay its place for that country per calendar year and get the invoice.

Step 1: Choose when you invite

1. Open your project and click the Companies tab.
2. Click Add Company and fill in the details.
3. Under Subscription for … choose Subcontractor pays themselves or I pay now for this subcontractor.

If you choose to pay, the invitation goes to the subcontractor only after your payment.

Step 2: Pay later after all

1. In the Companies tab, click the subcontractor's name.
2. Choose the Company details tab.
3. Under Payment, click I pay for this subcontractor.

Does a company show Invited · Awaiting your payment? Then click Pay now.

Step 3: Pay for the place

1. Enter your name and tick I agree to the terms of this quote.
2. Click Pay and activate.

After payment the subcontractor has access to the project right away. If your subscription still has a free place, that place is used and you do not pay.

Who has paid?

• Paid by you · 2026: you paid. The invoice is shown. All your places and invoices are on the subscription page.
• Pays itself · 2026: the subcontractor has its own subscription. You do not see its invoice.

Project in Germany for a Dutch company? That runs on werkduitsland.nl, with the same screens.

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