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==Background==
UTBMS coding is reflected in legal bills sent from a [[law firm]] to its [[corporation|corporate]] clients.<ref>{{Citation |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Uniform Task-Based Management System |publisher=American Bar Association |url=http://www.americanbar.org/groups/litigation/resources/uniform_task_based_management_system.html |access-date=27 Feb 2016 | quote=The Uniform Task-Based Management System enables lawyers to budget and bill by litigation task, aiding client and counsel in understanding, managing and conducting litigations. }}</ref> Law firms will usually use coding on time and expenses only for those clients who explicitly request it. Most clients who use UTBMS also require [[electronic billing]], usually with an invoice in a LEDES e-billing format.
Fees, which are [[Lawyer|attorney]] and [[paralegal|legal assistant]] time charges, are coded with task and activity codes. There are five sets of task codes: [[Litigation]], Intellectual Property, Counseling, Project and [[Bankruptcy]]. The set used for a given matter (i.e., case or transaction) depends upon the nature of that matter. Tasks may be summarized into phases. Tasks are often reported without reporting the phase, as this can be deduced from the task. The phase/task hierarchy is uniform in the Litigation, Intellectual Property and Bankruptcy task code sets. In the Project set, only the second phase contains multiple tasks. The Counseling set has only a single level. (In such situations, a code may be considered both a phase and a task, and it may be necessary to program the time and billing software this way.) There is a single set of activity codes, which is used in conjunction with each of the four task code sets. There is also a single set of expense codes, which are independent of phase, task and activity codes.
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**PA430 Official Communication - Domestic
**PA440 Quasi-Judicial Administrative Proceedings - Domestic
**PA499 Other [[Patent prosecution|Patent Prosecution]] - Domestic
*PA500 International Patent Preparation
**PA510 Provisional Application Preparation - International
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**X118 Eviction Costs
**X119 Foreclosure Costs
**X120 [[Title insurance|Title Insurance]] Costs
**X121 Immigration Costs
**X122 Late Fees
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