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Lynn918
January 9, 2020
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How do I create an invoice and show the labor cost under each day? All labor shows at the bottom of the invoice. Using QB's Essentials Online

  • January 9, 2020
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Best answer by Lynn918

Hi Lynn918, 

 

QuickBooks Online (QBO) uses most recent payroll to update for your timely cost. You can calculate yourlabor cost, then add project timesheets. 

 

Please check this article for more information and detailed steps: Get your project labor costs in real-time.

 

Please let me know if you're referring to something else. I'll make sure to get back. 


Nothing to do with payroll.  It was about invoicing.  I did find a solution which was to go into "Custom Form Styles", "Content", then check off "include description here" under Product/Service.  This program is so cumbersome compared to QB's Desktop but I will keep trying to deal with it.

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Sarah Bl
Sarah Bl
January 9, 2020

Hello, @Lynn918. Welcome to the Community.

 

Thank you for the feedback on this issue.

 

I'd like to ask if you can provide me a little more insight on this.

 

Also, could you add an image so I can give you the best possible support?

 

In the meantime, this may be helpful for what you are trying to accomplish. I'm providing steps on how you can add a service date field to your invoices. Adding this field will allow you to break the service down by day on the line items.

 

A quick and easy way to turn your service date "On" in-case it may be off. Let me show you how:

 

1. Go to the Gear icon

2. Select Account and Settings.

3. Noe select Sales.

4. In Sales under Sales Form Content, here is where you'll see if the Service Date have been turned off.

 

I'll be awaiting your response. Please, don't hesitate to also reach back out if you have any other questions or concerns.

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Lynn918Author
January 10, 2020

Hi.  Thanks for the reply.  The date is turned on in QB's/Invoices.

What I want to do is put a description, by date, of what work we did.  Then, directly under that, I would like to put the labor costs for that day.  When I tried that, all the labor amounts were at the bottom of the invoice (see sample).  There were 4 different labor entries at the bottom but I combined them into 2.  Also, the labor was all dated today, which I changed to 12/31 as it's a monthly invoice.  I know it's getting confusing but the main thing is to have the description of work, then the labor cost in the line below.

Thanks for any help you can offer.

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