Pricing with decimal values and cents

PERSUIT allows proposed fees to be entered with decimals, i.e. a fraction of a whole integer number.

Law firms and providers typically use this when entering a price per deliverable (e.g. $2.50 per document), or a timekeeper's hourly rate (e.g. €250.50).

International decimal separator nuances

We recognize that many countries outside of the US and UK do not use a period (".") as a decimal separator for non-integer numbers.  Instead, they use a comma (",").

⚠️ However, fee proposals on PERSUIT must adhere to the US format.

You should use periods only for decimal values (non-whole numbers).  Use commas to separate thousands.

Example usage in PERSUIT:

Two dollars and fifty cents:

✅ $2.50

❌ $2,5

Twenty-five thousand, five hundred euros:

✅ €25,500

❌ €25.5

Entering prices using only cents, and less than one unit of currency

✅ A "0" needs to entered preceding the decimal period.

For example, to provide a price of 3 dollar cents for an item, "0.03" would be entered into the price field in order for the system to recognize the price as a valid amount.

❌ Typing ".03" will yield an error message.