Time Tracker In QuickBooks
Keeping track of your time and your employees’ time spent on the job is not only necessary to make money it is also required by law if you are an employer. I can’t tell you how many times I have run into employers who didn’t keep time records and ended up paying tons in fines and penalties due to a disgruntled employee’s complaint to Department of Labor. As a QuickBooks user you have several options.
If you are a small business with less than three employees who spend large chunks of time on few projects or your employees time is not billable the QuickBooks timesheet will work for you. Easy to fill in and print for your records a simple program built right into your software at no extra cost will fit your needs.
If you have more employees or have employees who all work in small increments on projects whose time need to be tracked in detail than the timesheet in QuickBooks will be too time consuming and impractical. Your employees may also work off site. You need a more versatile app or piece of software. Minute 7 offers a great product with a mobile app and a web based interface. This program syncs easily with your QuickBooks program continuously while your computer is on via the Webconnect software built into QuickBooks. A reasonable price and 30 day free trial make this a great choice for an employer with a computer user or iPhone using labor force.
If your employees don’t use computers for the job, maybe they are construction labor or work in a more industrial application, there are several digital punch clocks available. These clocks will download time into QuickBooks reasonably cleanly. No monthly fee and fairly easy set up make them a great choice for those that need their time entered in QuickBooks but don’t want to hand enter. Intuit Community Marketplace offers several great options.