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mariekeele
February 23, 2021
Question

Employee billable rates

  • February 23, 2021
  • 46 replies
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I am looking to update the default billable rate for our employees in Quickbooks Online. I have searched everywhere but cannot find the list of employee billable rates, only cost rates and product/service rates.

This is for the rate that is auto-entered on timesheets as the billable rate.

    46 replies

    K_Siman
    K_Siman
    Level 1
    February 23, 2021

    Hello @mariekeele! It's good to see you here in the Community. I'm happy to help you with your employee rates. 

     

    The rate that comes into TSheets from QuickBooks Online is the cost rate you set up on the Employee Information page within QBO. That's the time that you use to pay your employees for payroll. The time that you use in invoices will use their billable rate.

     

     

    In their profile is also where you can make their billable rate default as well. This can't be updated on a company level, it's done individually within their profile. You can, however, run a report to give you a list of the employees and their billable rates. Here are those steps:

    1. Log in to QuickBooks Online as the admin.
    2. Go to Reports on the left menu and search "Employee Contact List".
    3. Click on the little gear icon in the upper right-hand corner of the report.
    4. Click on Show More under Change Columns.
    5. Select the box next to Billable Rate.
    6. Click on the white space to apply (there's no save option).

     

     

     

     

    If you have any further questions or need any clarifications, please don't hesitate to respond to this post. All of us here in the Community are eager to help. :)

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    robinsmootdotcom
    February 2, 2022

    I am having the same problem, but these screenshots are outdated and that report no longer shows up in the list. Can you please provide current instructions for how to assign a default, global billing rate to an employee without having to manually update individual timesheets. Please and thank you?! None of the instructions in this thread offer a real solution.

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      Klent
      Level 8
      February 3, 2022

      Let me share some information about billable rates, robinsmootdotcom.

       

      Currently, the option to assign a default global billable rate to your employees is unavailable in QuickBooks Online. Once you create a time activity, the program will remember the billable rate you used and automatically apply it to the next entry.

       

      I understand how time-consuming to manually update the individual timesheets. Please know that your ideas and suggestions will help us determine what features our customers need the most. To help improve your experience, I'd recommend sending feedback to our Product Development Team. Here's how:

       

      1. Sign in to your QBO account.
      2. Click the Gear icon.
      3. Choose Feedback.
      4. Enter your product suggestions.
      5. When you're done, hit Next. 

      I'm also adding this article to learn how to view, change, or approve timesheets in QBO: Track and manage QuickBooks Time in QuickBooks Online and QuickBooks Online Payroll.

       

      Keep me posted if you have any other concerns or further questions. I'll always have your back.Let me share some information about billable rates, robinsmootdotcom.

       

      Currently, the option to assign a default global billable rate to your employees is unavailable in QuickBooks Online. Once you create a time activity, the program will remember the billable rate you used and automatically apply it to the next entry.

       

      I understand how time-consuming to manually update the individual timesheets. Please know that your ideas and suggestions will help us determine what features our customers need the most. To help improve your experience, I'd recommend sending feedback to our Product Development Team. Here's how:

       

      1. Sign in to your QBO account.
      2. Click the Gear icon.
      3. Choose Feedback.
      4. Enter your product suggestions.
      5. When you're done, hit Next. 

      I'm also adding this article to learn how to view, change, or approve timesheets in QBO: Track and manage QuickBooks Time in QuickBooks Online and QuickBooks Online Payroll.

       

      Keep me posted if you have any other concerns or further questions. I'll always have your back.

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