Accounting and Timesheet Software
Accounting and Timesheet Software
(OP)
OK...I'm out on my own with a new Structural Engineering consulting business. I have work, which is good, but now I've got to track my time and bill my time by my hourly rate........I've also got a project coming up that will be a fee job.
Do you guys have a suggestion as to what software to use to track time, bill time, track project fees, etc.
Quickbooks Premier for Professional Services, just Quickbooks Pro, or can you suggest some other software. I'm a one man firm that may go to two people a year or two down the road, but I do not forsee more than three.
Your input sure is appreciated.
Do you guys have a suggestion as to what software to use to track time, bill time, track project fees, etc.
Quickbooks Premier for Professional Services, just Quickbooks Pro, or can you suggest some other software. I'm a one man firm that may go to two people a year or two down the road, but I do not forsee more than three.
Your input sure is appreciated.





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ProEpro
www.whitelightdesign.com
Pro/E FAQ www.whitelightdesign.com/servicestips.htm
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Advice- get away form billing for time. Most of my clients like Lump Sum fees. I do too.
RE: Accounting and Timesheet Software
I want just a few simple items......I want the ability to record my time in a timesheet, input jobs based either on hourly rate or lump sum fee, pull up a job and see the hours to it, bill parts of the fee and keep up with whats been billed an what hasnt, and print invoices. All of these reports and whatnot that QB pro services has are a waste as far as I'm concerned, as a firm of 3 people or less has no need for alot of the fluff in that program.
Tankman 650, do you feel QB Pro would serve my needs better?
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My accountant can then take my QB file and pulls out the information she needs to generate all of the reports and stuff for taxes/reporting.
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I also give my accountant a disk each year for tax prep.
That alone has saved me countless hours for sorting and collecting papers.
Perhaps you may only need to start with QB and not QBPro. I think that they are almost the same but Pro has payroll options.
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The biggest pain in the a?@$#!^ with QB is that the timesheet program is a separate item that rtequires careful setup if you wish to automate your invoices from timesheets.
I use a spreadsheet to track time and input it manually into the invoice as it is currently easier than the QB method.
regards
sc
RE: Accounting and Timesheet Software
For tracking time, there is a nice little piece of freeware I like to use:
http://www.allnetic.com/working-time-tracker/index.html
Jeff Mowry
Industrial Designhaus, LLC
http://www.industrialdesignhaus.com
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Simply keep the spreadsheet open in the packground and when you shift from one project to another a simply enter the time and let the program calculate the rest.
Rick Kitson MBA P.Eng
Construction Project Management
From conception to completion
www.kitsonengineering.com
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I HAVE NOT TRIED IT but I just found out that the new version of MS project has a time sheet function. It looks powerfull but may take alot of setting up like anything with project. If you try it let us know how well it works.
ProEpro
www.whitelightdesign.com
Pro/E FAQ www.whitelightdesign.com/servicestips.htm
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Instead, I purchased Timeslips for Sole Practicioners. Its not great, but it does what I need. The only thing I dont like about it is that I have to enter time by the task instead of having a "spreadsheet like" week come up for entering time. Otherwise, it does a pretty decent job.