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June 6, 2025
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Delete Outstanding billable time and cost

  • June 6, 2025
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I've had a POS connected to my QB desktop since 2008 and recently our current POS has quit the connection (even after hours and hours of time with help from the POS and QB). I now need to manually enter all the daily sales. When I start to enter a daily sale it tells me that there are "Outstanding Billable Time and Cost" associated with "Sales". When I select these they are from 2008 and before. Should I figure out a way to delete these? If so, how?

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June 6, 2025

You can access the Unbilled Costs by Job report to view all billable transactions, MackinacWheels. From this report, you can create an invoice for each customer:job name and hide the associated unbilled expenses.

 

To open the Unbilled Costs by Job report, follow these steps:

 

  1. Go to the Reports menu at the top. 
  2. Choose Customers & Receivables and select Unbilled Costs by Job.
  3. Once the report is open, look under the Billing Status column to see the list of unbilled expenses.

 

Next, create an invoice for each customer:job name and hide the unbilled expense. Here's how:

 

  1. Go to the Customers menu at the top and choose Create Invoices.
  2. In the Customer:Job field, type in the customers name found on the Unbilled Costs by Job report.
  3. Click the Add Time/Costs button.
  4. Check the Hide boxes for the billable expenses in the Expenses tab.
  5. Click OK.

 

Completing these steps will not create an actual invoice, but it will clear the unbilled expenses. Once you've finished, you can return to the report and refresh it to ensure that the unbilled expenses have been removed.

 

For more guidance on managing your income and expense transactions in QuickBooks Desktop (QBDT), you can review the resources provided in these articles:

 

 

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