Finance · Job costing
Did this job make money? Know before it closes.
Every project shows what it was sold for, what it has cost so far and what is already on order, and compares the estimate in the quotation with the actual cost by category. Only admins and finance see it.
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Project · Costs
- Contract valueFrom the quotation
- Bills raisedCounted
- Open ordersOn order
- Crew daysAt day rate
- Modules · estimate vs actualVariance
- Unpriced linesListed, not zero
Illustration of the Costs tab.
How it works
Where the numbers come from
Anything without a price is listed, never counted as zero.
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Estimate
- Estimate sourceQuotation lines
Step 1 of 3 · Estimate
The estimate
Taken from the project's quotation lines at cost price, or from the design's bill of materials at product cost when the quotation is a lump sum.
- Average cost where known
- Uncategorised lines shown as such
Job costing
Also on the project
- Cash viewMoney received and paid to vendors, labelled as cash, not profit.
- Customer returnThe customer's savings and payback from the design, and actual generation against design where monitored.
- Who can see itWorkspace admins, or members holding both invoice and bill permissions.
Good to know
- Costs are as good as the bills, orders and crew rates you record.
Related features
- Projects and field workStages with gates, required documents, crews, site updates with photos and a tracking page for the customer.
- ExpensesExpense claims with receipt reading, a spending policy, advances and payouts, costed to projects.
- Tax and currency by countryTax IDs, tax rates, VAT treatment and withholding by country, documents in your currency.
Questions
Job costing: questions
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