Relieve nonbillable time and expenses

You can use the
Nonbillable
tab of the
Detail
screen to:
  • Track time spent on nonbillable client activities.
  • Relieve WIP for nonbillable firm activities such as filing and copying.
note
  • You can't relieve transactions entered for an activity with a class of Administrative because you can't select an administrative client in the
    Billing Selection
    screen.
  • If you enter time or expense transactions using activities with a class of Nonbillable, these transactions will continue to appear on your Billing Worksheet report if you elect to include nonbillable transactions. To not show nonbillable transactions related to work you have billed, you can relieve them while creating an invoice in
    Detail Billing
    .
To relieve nonbillable time and expense transactions, follow these steps.
  1. Select
    Actions
    , then select
    Billing
    .
  2. Select the clients you want to bill.
  3. Select
    Detail Bill Schedule
    .
  4. Enter the billing information.
  5. Go to the
    Nonbillable
    tab to summarize the list by any items in the list. To do so, mark the proper
    Summarize By
    checkboxes.
    You can summarize the list by Client, Engagement, Project, Staff, Activity, Type, and Date.
  6. Go to the
    Relieved
    column and mark the checkbox for each item you want to relieve.
  7. Select
    Save
    or
    Save and Print
    to relieve the WIP. The nonbillable transactions you selected on the
    Nonbillable
    tab will no longer appear on the Billing Worksheet report.
    You can set up your firm to automatically relieve nonbillable time:
    1. Select
      Setup
      then
      Firm
      .
    2. Go to the
      Billing and A/R
      tab.
    3. In the Billing Options section, mark the
      Automatically Relieve Nonbillable WIP
      checkbox.