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[Dudley]

Good Afternoon All,

I recently had work carried out on the roof of our strata property. The work was carried out, after a meeting of all owners approved the work, and the company invoiced me. I sent the invoice to the strata manager for payment.

The invoice was in two parts, part 1 was for materials and was paid before work commenced. and part 2 was the balance to be paid after the work was completed.

Both invoices were addressed to me. The first invoice was paid without comment re the fact it was addressed to me and not the strata plan. The second invoice was paid (albeit after considerable delay and correspondence and ‘phone calls), but I was advised that the correct procedure is that the invoice must be addressed to the strata plan as it is the proper accounting practice and a requirement under the taxation rules.

I have passed invoices to the strata manager for payment many times and have never been advised of this requirement previously. Is this correct or simply a means of “pay-back” for by-passing the strata managers preferred trades people – who are very expensive. We are currently in a less than comfortable relationship with our strata manager.

I am a member of the EC and our plan is 4 townhouses, requiring very limited strata manager involvement.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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