Overhead costs allocation to jobs

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Hello James,

I called QuickBooks and spoke to two agents but they couldn't help, and I'm an accountant.

This is a software issue and QuickBooks should have guidance on how to job cost overhead expenses.

Kind regards,

I search this topic all the time hoping to find an answer. I know this post was about a year ago, but I wanted to share what I do. I have my Company name set up as a vendor. So at the end of a job I make a bill from my company. In the items tab I created an item called "Overhead Distribution". So if my overhead percentage for the year is 25% This is what I enter (for this example I look at my job profitability report to get the Act. costs for that job)

When I do this, it subtracts overhead costs from "nowhere" and puts them onto that job. 

Hope this may help someone out there in QuickBooks land