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mldowdell
Level 1

How to turn on billable time by default?

Hi, I'm having a problem where when I go to make a time entry, the "billable" toggle is always off. I don't add time to QB without billing it. How do I make this on by default?

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Trish_T
QuickBooks Team

How to turn on billable time by default?

Hello mldowdell,

 

Welcome to Community!  I would be glad to assist you with setting billable time as default, so you're able to track and invoice your time, to ensure your billable expenses remain accurate and organized!

 

Here's how to turn on the billable time setting:

 

1. Open your Settings ⚙ and choose Account and settings

2. Select the Time tab

3. Click on the Edit ✎, in the Timesheet section

4. Turn on Allow time to be billable 

Note; If you want users to see their billable rate when entering their time, select Show billing rate to users entering time. You may want to opt out of this option, if you bill customers at a different hourly rate than you pay your employees and subcontractors.

5. Hit Save, then Done.

 

To learn more about recording billable time by a single time activity, or weakly timesheet, click here.

 

If you have any other questions, feel free to reach back out.  We would be happy to help!

mldowdell
Level 1

How to turn on billable time by default?

Hi, thanks for getting back to me. That option is already turned on (see attached image). Unfortunately that does not answer my question... How do I turn on billable hours by default when adding a time entry?

Trish_T
QuickBooks Team

How to turn on billable time by default?

Hi mldowdell,

 

Thanks for getting back to me here.  Follow these steps to turn on billable time by default;

 

1. Open Reports

2. Enter Customer Contact List, in the Search field

3. In the URL, replace Cust (after token=) with EMP and press Enter to open the Employee Contact List report

4. Locate the employee and click on their name

5. Select the Billable by default checkbox

6. Hit Save.

 

I hope you find this helpful.  If you have additional questions, feel free to touch base with us again.  We're here to help!

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