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Duplicate billing check

Which invoices may have been entered or billed twice?

Flag repeated invoice numbers and near-duplicate vendor, date, and amount combinations without deciding whether either entry is valid.

Inputs

  • Invoice list
  • Vendor names
  • Dates and amounts

Outputs

  • Exact duplicates
  • Possible duplicates
  • Review reasons

Checks performed

  • Repeated invoice number
  • Same vendor, date, and amount
  • Near-date duplicate pattern

Guided synthetic example

See the check from input to decision

Two invoices from the same vendor carry the same invoice number and amount.

This is the operating model we use at Level. The percentages are estimated shares of the work in a typical review. Actual effort varies with data quality, complexity, and the issue found.

1

Start with the source records

About 15% of work
RecordVendorInvoiceDateAmount
AP-881Example SupplyEX-4402Jul 10$8,250
AP-914Example SupplyEX-4402Jul 13$8,250
2

Run the deterministic check

About 20% of work

Flag an exact invoice-number match, then compare vendor, amount, and nearby dates.

3

Surface the flagged result

About 10% of work

Needs review

Probable duplicate: same vendor, invoice number, and amount, entered three days apart.

4

Use recorded finance judgment to analyze possible reasons

About 25% of work

At Level, we record the review logic, known explanations, and questions our finance professionals use in this situation. AI applies that documented human judgment to organize the most plausible reasons, without pretending it knows which reason is true.

Possible reasons to investigate

One record may be a duplicate, but it could also be a correction or legitimate split posting.

5

Make the final human judgment

About 20% of work

A Level finance professional validates the source evidence, challenges the AI-assisted analysis, and decides which explanation is supported.

Are the source documents identical?
Has either invoice already been paid?
Was one entry intended to reverse the other?
6

Make the operating decision

About 10% of work

Open both source documents and confirm which record, if either, should be voided.

Use this system

Start with the example, then inspect the structure

  1. Download the invented input and expected output.
  2. Replace one field at a time with a safe test value.
  3. Compare the result with the expected structure.
  4. Have a finance professional review every exception before acting.

MCP preview

run_synthetic_example {"slug":"duplicate-billing"}

Human review is part of the system

This check organizes evidence and surfaces exceptions. A person with finance domain expertise still needs to interpret the result, validate the source records, and discuss the operating decision.

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