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Job expenses and receipts

Add fuel, dump fees, permits, rentals and other costs to a visit or job, snap the receipt, and bill them to the customer with a markup.

Add an expense on a visit

  1. Step 1: Open the visit on Field work or My day and tap Expenses.
  2. Step 2: Enter the amount, tap a category and add the vendor or a note if it helps.
  3. Step 3: Tap Add receipt photo to take a picture of the receipt with your camera.
  4. Step 4: Tap Add expense. It shows in the list with the receipt, and counts toward job profit right away.
  • Tip: Staff add expenses on visits assigned to them and see only the ones they added.
  • Tip: Expenses need a connection. Add them when you are back online.
  • Tip: Receipt photos are stored privately and location data is removed.

Bill an expense to the customer

Turn on Bill the customer and enter a markup, like 15 for 15%. The form shows what the customer pays.

  1. Step 1: When you create the invoice from the approved quote, leave Add parts and billable expenses ticked.
  2. Step 2: On a draft invoice, tap Add parts and billable expenses.
  3. Step 3: Create invoices from completed visits adds them too.
  • Tip: The line reads like Dump fee: City transfer station, quantity 1, at cost plus markup, not taxed. Change it on the draft if you need to.
  • Tip: An expense on an invoice is locked. Nobody can change or remove it.

See where the money went

  1. Step 1: Owners and managers see every expense on the request page, under Expenses.
  2. Step 2: Reports has an Expenses section by category, person and job, with Download expenses CSV.
  • Tip: Expenses are not sent to QuickBooks. Use the expenses CSV for your bookkeeping.

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