How to Discount Time Worked

We have a client we need to bill on an hourly basis (we're new to TS). If we work 6.5 hours but only want to bill for 5.5 hours, how do we do that so it shows the client we are deducting that hour.

We see in the timeslips options to not bill for time, but aren't sure if that's the right place.

Do we need to do a credit on the invoice separately and just enter time as normal or is there a way to do this in the timeslip?

Thanks so much!

Nick

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    Welcome to Timeslips Nick.

    Much depends on how many slips will be affected by the "discount."

    IF you only want to affect the one slip, then I would make two slips. One billable for 5.5 hours and another one No Charge for 1.0. Both will print on the bill and your customer will see that you did not charge them for the hour.

    IF it is more of an aggregate kind of thing, where you have several slips involved and want to issue more of a discount against the total of all of those slips, then I would use the Client Information, Bill Arrangement, Adjust All Charges. (You may need to tweak your bill layout to display this correctly. IIRC, it will not show it nicely by default.) Timeslips will then show the total new charges for 6.5 hours and then have an adjustment line showing the deduction of the "discount."

    You can also issue an Accounts Receivable Credit if you like.

    But yes, the key is to SHOW the client when you are GIVING them a deal. ;-)