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Keep the definition beside the number.

Before comparing scenarios, identify the writing you are modeling and the unit used for every amount. Give each scenario a name that distinguishes its assumptions. A percentage without a defined base leaves the comparison incomplete; a fixed amount still needs its own recorded explanation.

Read the split, deduction and rounding choices together with the method. Changing one assumption creates a different scenario, even when the displayed result happens to match. Keep the source note with the model so the next reader can identify which definition was used.

The workbook preserves hypothetical arithmetic. It cannot determine when compensation becomes earned, payable or collectible. Export the complete record before moving desks, and keep any separately held agreement available for the people responsible for interpreting it.