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Ivor_Williams
August 21, 2020
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Labor

  • August 21, 2020
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As an electrical contractor, I use many different items. Often I want to use them in groups or assemblies.

I would like to be able to add a field for labor hours at the item level that can be used in calculations for estimates, groups, assemblies, etc. Basically item cost x item quantity x labor hours.

Can this be done in Premier, or do I have to have Enterprise. How does one set it up to work in either flavor?

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Nick K
August 22, 2020

Hi  ,

 

Assigning job costs such as labor to a client is one of the ways QuickBooks desktop helps to make your job easier. I can help go over how to assign labor costs to an invoice.

 

When you are providing workers to a job site not only do you charge for the materials but also the hours your workers are there. In order to make sure you are able to track and assign hours and material costs to a job site you will need to follow the steps in this link. Once you get your jobs set up you will be able to assign the hours to an invoice or estimate.

 

I hope this was able to help.

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Ivor_WilliamsAuthor
August 22, 2020

Thank you, but I want to have the software use this value to calculate the cost of labor per line item in an Estimate based on Qty*Hours*Hourly Rate. 

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Fiat Lux - ASIA
August 22, 2020

@Ivor_Williams 

You may need a construction management app to integrate with your QB Desktop. I noticed the price starts from $150/month. We can plan our jobs and itemize our labor and material budgets to create comprehensive cost estimates. These estimates can be translated into a bid with a single click. Then, we can track materials, labor, subs, and equipment against budgets.

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5starelectrical
November 17, 2024

Yeah I hear what you're trying to do we line item all of our labor and then we use www.accupricelists.com for updated material price.

If you're trying not to give him a line item cost what we do is we adjust the invoice/estimate Form so that it only gives the customer total cost. What's nice is that it sinks directly up to QuickBooks currently they have electrical material and they also give you some labor codes to get you started. It looks like they're going to be including Lumber and Plumbing in the near future.

Unfortunately what you're trying to look for is more of a flat rate system.

I've gone away from that because we use our approved estimates as material take off lists. That way when we get on site our helper pulls all the material.

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