Time Ticket Hours

[Teresa]

I need opinions! What is easier?

Paying employees by,

"Houlry - Hours per Pay Periods"

or

"Hourly - Time Ticket Hours"

Any feedback? I'm switching to Peachtree from QB's and am used to the time ticket concept but it's starting to look a little more complicated in Peachtree to continue doing that. For example, if you need to void/delete a payroll check that used Time Ticket Hours, Peachtree will not go back and unmark the time tickets to show the hours available again. You have to go back and do it manually; by each day even!

CCFI-Teresa**

[bluegal]

Personally I find using Time Tickets quite tedious. It depends how much time and material work you are tracking, if it's worthwhile to use Time Tickets. Posting to each contract job from Payroll Entry is extremely easy.

[Teresa]

Thank you for the response bluegal, but if we were to us the "Hourly - Hours per Pay Period" option instead of time tickets, how would that affect our Job Costing ability and being able to see what jobs our employees are working on?

[bluegal]

When you pay employees through Payroll Entry, enter (for hourly employees) their total hours, then click "Jobs" and post the hours to each job, which you would have set up in job cost.

You are just posting the total hours for that pay period to each job, not daily like in time tickets. You can still get a job cost report showing each employee's hours and base cost for that week. However, you can't access the hours (apply time ticket hours) in Invoicing to apply them directly to an invoice.

So, if you're working on a contract project you could enter hours through Payroll Entry without spending a lot of time entering the daily hours; if you're doing a time-and-material project you could enter the hours through Time Tickets.

[Teresa]

OK, that makes sense........

Would I find that report you mentioned under "Reports," "Jobs?"

CCFI-Teresa**

[bluegal]

Yes, there is a report called "Job Costs by Type" that shows the total estimates for each phase, hours used, balance, etc. For a detailed report you could use the Job Ledger. These reports are somewhat customizeable. The job ledger shows the total hours per paycheck and wages allocated to the job for each employee. It also lists any material invoices, etc. that you've coded in Purchases for that job. It does not, however, add in any overhead costs; the figures are just base wages and material.

[Teresa]

Cool! That helps alot!! Thank You!

Teresa