Employees and payroll

Thanks for joining the conversation, sylviephasefive. 

Let me share some insights about tracking the owner's hours against a job to see the costs in QuickBooks Desktop (QBDT).

You can use time tracking to track the job cost. This way, you can track the expenses for a job and compare those expenses to your revenue. Also, you can see how much money you spend and make for each job.

To begin, let's make sure that your item is set up correctly. Thus, your job cost reports are accurate and precise. Once confirmed, you can now set up a Customer: Job for each of your job. 

Here's how: 

1. Go to the Customers menu, then choose Customer Center.
2. Right-click the customer name and choose Add/Edit Multiple Multiple Customer: Jobs.
3. Follow the onscreen instructions.

Then, you can now assign all your expenses to jobs. Choose the suitable job in the Customer: Job column whenever you enter a bill, check, etc. The next step is to create estimates and invoices in your account. See this article for details: Tracking job costs in QuickBooks Desktop.

Once everything is done, I'd recommend running the job costing reports to see how your business is doing on a job-by-job basis.  See the available reports below for your reference: 

I'm adding these articles about handling classes, costing, and customizing reports: 

• Set up job costing and item tracking
• Understand reports

If you have additional questions about job costing, don't hesitate to leave a reply. The Community team is here to assist. Stay safe and have a good one!