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sodakhomes
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How can I add time tracking to my QuickBooks acct? I want my employees to be able to track their own time and submit their own payroll stubs?

 
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AileneA
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How can I add time tracking to my QuickBooks acct? I want my employees to be able to track their own time and submit their own payroll stubs?

I'll guide you to give access to your employee to track their time tracking in QuickBooks, sodakhomes. 

 

Thank you for reaching out to the Community. First, let's make sure you enable your time tracking in QBO.  

 

  1. Go to Time.
  2. Choose if you want basic time tracking in QuickBooks Online or if you want to try a QuickBooks Time account with more time tracking features. Either way, you can access timesheets from QuickBooks Online. 
  3. Tap Get Started.

Next, adjust your time tracking preferences: 

 

  1. Click the Gear icon and select Account and settings.
  2. Tap the Time tab.
  3. In the section you want to make updates in, choose Edit.
  4. Set your time tracking preferences:
  • Who tracks time: Select team members to choose who tracks time.
    • Turn the switch on for any team members who need time tracked.
    • To allow 1099 contractors to track time, select Show contractors and turn the setting on. Select Save.
    • First day of work week: This affects how employees and contractors view weekly timesheets.
    • Add Service field: When on, team members who fill out timesheets can specify if activities should be billed to a customer.
    • Allow time to be billable: Adds a checkbox on timesheets to specify whether activities should be billed to the customer. Check Show billing rate to users entering time if you want your team members to see the billable rates.  

          5. Select Save, then Done.

 

 

Now that time tracking is enabled, you can add and manage your workers' time from the Time tab

 

Lastly, If you want a team member to track their time, you can invite them to your account as a time-tracking user

 

  1. Go to the Gear icon and choose Manage users.
  2. Click the Add user and the employee info.
  3. Under Roles, choose Time tracking only.
  4. Press Send invitation.

 

 

 

Note: You can't change the user type of a Time Tracking Only user. If a Time tracker needs a different company access, delete the user and add them again with the new user type.

 

Do you need to take a closer look at your payroll finances? This article will help you familiarize yourself with the different payroll reports in the program: Run payroll reports.

 

Drop me a comment below if you have any other concerns or additional questions. Have a good one.

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