Smokeball Bill and Boost Releases December 2025

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View all new features and refinements to Smokeball Bill and Boost for this month.

December 11, 2025

Pending payment improvements

We have made some changes to the behavior of pending payments/receipts to prevent overpayments from landing into the trust account.

In the Invoice screen:

  • When there is a pending payment for the full amount of the invoice (i.e. it is within its clearance days period), the Add Payment, Pay By Credit Card and Waive buttons will be disabled.

  • When there is a pending payment for a partial amount of the invoice, the Waive button will be disabled, and the debtor can only pay the remaining balance of the invoice.

When doing a Bulk Trust to Office transfer: 

  • Invoices with full pending payments will still appear but they cannot be selected for payment.

  • Invoices with part pending receipts will show and allow for the remaining balance to be paid.

December 10, 2025

[Smokeball Boost] Updates to the New Outlook Integration

The following features are now available in New Outlook:

  • Assign & Save to a Matter: Assign emails and attachments to a matter, auto-saving them in Smokeball.
  • Tasks: View upcoming tasks and create new ones from an email.
  • Smart Matched Matters: Suggested matters for quick filing.
  • Dark Mode Support
  • Archie Features (only available if your firm has the Archie add-on)
    • Email summaries
    • Draft With Archie
    • Rapid reply options

December 4, 2025

New Report - Historical Work in Progress Entries (Historical WIP)

This report shows all unbilled time, fee, and expense entries as at a specified date. 

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Columns in this reportReport Filters
  1. The Run By filter selection
  2. The Subtotal By filter selection
  3. Expense Value 
    • Expense % (If you select Show Percentage = True)
  4. Hours
    • Hours % (If you select Show Percentage = True)
  5. Fees Value
    • Fees % (If you select Show Percentage = True)
  6. Total Value
    • Total % (If you select Show Percentage = True)
  1. As At

    • This is the date filter

    • Can only select one date

    • No default value

    • Includes the date selected in the results.

      • E.g. selecting 31 Dec includes all results through to the end of day on 31 Dec.

  2. Run By

    • Timekeeper (default)

    • Originating Attorney

    • Attorney Responsible

    • Practice Area

    • Matter Type

    • Client

    • Matter

    • Billable?

  3. Subtotal By

    • <None> (default)

    • Timekeeper

    • Introducer

    • Person Responsible

    • Practice Area

    • Matter Type

    • Client

    • Matter

    • Billable?

  4. Show Percentage

    • Options: True, False

    • Default: False

  5. Include Non-Billable

    • True

    • False (default)

  6. Matter Status

    • Multi-Select

    • Default: All except Cancelled and Deleted

  7. Branch

    • Multi-Select

    • Default: Select All

  8. Save Filters as Firm Default?

    • Default: No

Notes: 

  • This report includes time, fee, and expense entries dated before the selected date, where the corresponding invoice date is after the selected date or remains unbilled.
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