You quoted $4,800. They said start Monday. The $1,920 deposit is still sitting in their drafts.

Deposit Desk is a one-file browser desk for US 1099 / service operators. Enter the quote, deposit %, and paid-toward-deposit. It prints a one-page deposit request with due-to-start, remaining after deposit, locked scope, out-of-scope (those go on a change order), and a stamp that stays DO NOT START until the deposit is marked paid. A Python CLI does the same math from JSON. Nothing is uploaded.

WHAT YOU GET
• deposit-desk.html — runs offline
• deposit.py + sample-deposit.json (Python 3.10+, no pip)
• example-output.md from that sample (Oak St: quote $4,800.00, 40% = $1,920.00 due to start, remaining $2,880.00)
• Personal or commercial license

HOW IT WORKS

1. Open the HTML file
2. Load the Oak St sample or type your job
3. Print the deposit page before work starts
4. Mark paid when the money clears — stamp flips to MAY START

NOT THIS
Educational deposit arithmetic. Not a lawyer-drafted contract, not licensed legal advice, and not a promise anyone will pay or that any job will start. Extra work is a signed change order. 365-day download access (you keep files you downloaded). No lifetime access. 7-day refund if the HTML will not run or deposit.py errors on sample-deposit.json.