You have to use a workaround!Ĭreate Two New Accounts in Your Chart of Accounts In these scenarios, your payroll expenses don’t show up on your Profit & Loss report, even if you assign them to Customer:Jobs. If you’re using Intuit Payroll through QuickBooks, and using Timesheets to track Employee Hours, applying those hours to a Customer: Job is automatic, and Job Costing reports show your profit margin.īut, if you’re like most small businesses, you use an outside payroll service such as ADP, your accountant process your payroll, or you just write checks yourself. Sometimes you may feel like you made a bunch of money, but not realize that your labor costs were so high that you barely made a profit! If you’re a contractor or other professional who really wants to know if you’re making any money on the jobs you do, Job Costing is essential, especially if your job expenses include payroll. It allows to you see if a project was profitable or not. QuickBooks has a powerful Job Costing feature that allows you to compare the income you made from a job to the expenses you incurred to provide the product or service.
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