Service pricing and project billing currency

Principles for service-rate units, currency selection and retained negotiated prices.

Service pricing should define the unit being priced, keep currency explicit and preserve exact numeric values.

A default rate and a negotiated custom rate serve different purposes. Choosing a default should preserve a stored custom value. Availability and price inheritance are independent decisions; a missing price is not an approved zero price.

Historical amounts retain their original currency and rate snapshot. A currency correction must be deliberate and auditable rather than silently converting earlier records. Authorization and validation belong on the server.