I'm using QB online for the first time. I entered some time. But I can't figure out how to pull my time into an invoice.

Hello, hellobrittany-at. 

Adding billable time to your invoices from your timesheet is an awesome feature available to you in QuickBooks Online. This feature saves you tons of time and helps keep your hours accounted for. First, you'll need to turn on and set up time tracking. You can refer to this article on how to do it: How to turn on and set up time tracking. 

Once done, you you can start invoicing the employee by following the steps below: 

1. Click the (+ New) icon and select Invoice. 
2. Once you select the Customer job for the employee, automatically the billable hours will show on the right side of the screen. 
3. Tap Add to apply it to the invoice. 
4. Press Save and close. 

For more information on how to fill in a weekly timesheet, refer to this article: Enter a weekly timesheet in QuickBooks Online. 

Drop a comment below if you have any other questions. I'm always here to help. Have a good day!

Hi,

I have quickbooks online pro and we as company have most of our staff as contractors, they are not employees they are standalone contractors.  I have added a few for time tracking, they they can log their hours based on the projects they have been working on - in our old system (freshbooks) they could then generate an invoice based on that time they have logged  - the invoice would then be created to an expense to the company.  i cant see an option to do this on quickbooks time tracking?  the only option is to select billable hours, but we dont want to bill the customer directly we want to bill our company - we pay their costs and then assign it to a the invoice already sent out in the project  

Hi there, lauram31.

Welcome to the QuickBooks Community. I appreciate you for sharing detailed information about your concern.

QuickBooks Online has a feature called Projects. This is used to track your project’s profitability. You can add project income, expenses, and labor expenses, and add old transactions to new projects. That said, I suggest working on the said option in the QBO. Please note that this is only available in QuickBooks Online Plus, Advanced, and Accountant.

To start with, you'll have to make sure that the Project feature is to turn on in your QBO account from the Account and settings page.

Here's how:

1. Go to the Gear ⚙ icon. Then, select Account and settings.
2. Select the Advanced tab.
3. Find the Projects section and select the pencil✎ icon to expand it.
4. Turn on the Organise all job-related activity in one place toggle.
5. Hit Save and Done.

Once done, you can now start creating a project. Please follow the steps below.

1. Go to the Projects menu at the left panel.
2. Click the New Project button.
3. In the Project Name field, enter the project name.
4. Select the project customer from the Customer dropdown.
5. Add any notes or details about the project in Notes.
6. Click Save.

After that, you can create a bill to a vendor/company and then invoice the customer. To view additional information and see the detailed steps to finish the process, you can click this article: Set up and create projects in QuickBooks Online.

Please refer to this article to understand various information on how Projects work in QuickBooks Online: Projects FAQ.

Please let me know if you need clarification about this, or there's anything else I can do for you. I'll be standing by for your response. Have a great day and keep safe.