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kmorvant
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Weekly Timesheets Combining Lines

Hello! Need help with what seems like a glitch, please… QB desktop pro. When entering time via weekly timesheet and then saving, lines that are completely similar except for the date are combining. For perspective, if an employee worked the same amount of hours and the same projects 2 days in a row, the lines would combine into one. It’s causing reporting issues. Is there anything I can do to stop this from happening? It’s not happening to my manager, so essentially they are thinking I’m doing something wrong. I’m very technologically savvy, so I know there has to be a way to fix this. Thanks for any insight!

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RCV
QuickBooks Team
QuickBooks Team

Weekly Timesheets Combining Lines

Let's perform some troubleshooting steps to fix the combining dates when creating the weekly timesheets in QuickBooks Desktop, kmorvant.

 

We'll need to make sure the hours worked by the employee fall within the same date range on the paycheck. This will avoid the same number of hours and the same projects being done in one line. Here's how: 

 

  1. Go to Employees, then Enter Time.
  2. Select Use Weekly Timesheet.
  3. Choose the correct week. Make sure this falls in the paycheck date range.
  4. Make sure you selected a payroll item (i.e. Hourly, Overtime, Salary) for the hours tracked.
  5. If you made any changes, recreate the paycheck.

 

If the same thing happens, there is a tool you can utilize that'll allow you to repair any unexpected behavior such as data damage in timesheets. First, make sure that your QuickBooks is up-to-date with the latest release. This ensures that you can take advantage of all the updates and utilize the full functionality of the software. Then, follow the steps and details in this article to fix data damage on your QuickBooks Desktop company file: Fix data damage on your QuickBooks Desktop company file.

 

Once done, create the weekly timesheet again. Here's how:

 

  1. Go to Employees, then Enter Time. Select Use Weekly Timesheet.
  2. Choose the employee name from the Name ▼dropdown.
  3. Click a Customer: Job, Service Item, and the Billable column if the hours worked are billable.
  4. Select a Payroll Item.
  5. Choose a WC Code (Workers Compensation), and a Class if you track and set them up in Preferences.
  6. In the day's column, enter the number of hours worked.
  7. Press Save & Close when done, or Save & New to create a timesheet for the next employee.

 

You may refer to this article to see information on how you can print a blank and weekly timesheet in QBDT: Create and print timesheets.

 

I'm only a few clicks away if you need further assistance in managing timesheets or any payroll-related concerns. I'll be here to help you out. You have a good one. 

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