Contents of the Billing Labor Hold Dialog Box

Use these fields and options to specify that all or part of the total number of regular, overtime, and overtime-2 hours of a labor transaction be held and not billed on the current invoice.

Field Description
Project This field displays the project associated with the transaction. The project displays as a hyperlink. Click it to access more information about the project.
Phase This field displays the phase, if any, associated with the transaction.
Task This field displays the task, if any, associated with the transaction.
Employee This field displays the employee number of the employee who worked the hours specified in the Hours fields (Regular, Overtime, Overtime-2). The employee displays as a hyperlink. Click it to access more information about the employee.
Labor Code This field displays the labor code associated with the labor transaction, if labor codes are being used.
Date This field displays the date of the labor transaction, for example, the date of the transaction entered on a timesheet, or the date specified for the transaction on a Billing Labor insert.
Comment This field displays the comments entered with the transaction, if any, when the transaction was entered on a timesheet or Billing Labor insert. You can view the full formatted comment in this field by clicking Review to access the Text Viewer dialog box.
Regular This field prefills with the number of regular labor hours entered for the transaction. To specify that all the regular hours be held and not billed on the current invoice, leave the prefilled number of regular hours in this field. To specify that a portion of the regular hours be held and not billed on the current invoice, enter the number regular of hours that you want to hold and not bill on the current invoice in this field.
Overtime This field prefills with the number of overtime labor hours entered for the transaction. To specify that all the overtime hours be held and not billed on the current invoice, leave the prefilled number of overtime hours in this field. To specify that a portion of the overtime hours be held and not billed on the current invoice, enter the number of overtime hours that you want to hold and not bill on the current invoice in this field.
Overtime-2 This field displays if you enabled and use overtime-2. This field prefills with the number of overtime-2 labor hours entered for the transaction. To specify that all the overtime-2 hours be held and not billed on the current invoice, leave the prefilled number of overtime-2 hours in this field. To specify that a portion of the overtime-2 hours be held and not billed on the current invoice, enter the number of overtime-2 hours that you want to hold and not bill on the current invoice in this field.

This field is available only if you set Enable Secondary Overtime to Yes in Settings > Accounting > Labor Options.

Tax Code Override 1 This field displays the tax code that you entered in the Tax Code Override 1 field on the Billing Labor Modify dialog box or on the Billing Labor Insert dialog box for the labor transaction.
Tax Code Override 2 This field displays the tax code that you entered in the Tax Code Override 2 field on the Billing Labor Modify dialog box or on the Billing Labor Insert dialog box for the labor transaction.
Hold Click this button to hold the number of hours entered in the Regular Hours, Overtime Hours, and Overtime-2 Hours fields and not bill those hours on the current invoice.

You are returned to the Labor tab of the Interactive Billing form, where you see the following:

  • If you entered a portion of the hours to be held in the hour fields, the original transaction is split in two. A new transaction displays in the Labor grid with a Hold status that shows the number of hours to hold and not bill on the current invoice. The original transaction with its original status displays in the grid with its hours reduced to reflect the held hours.
  • If you did not change the prefilled number of hours in the hours fields for the transaction, the transaction displays in the Labor grid with its original number of hours and its status changed to Hold. You cannot add this transaction to the current invoice.
Cancel Click this button to return to the Labor tab without holding any part of this transaction. The transaction remains in the grid on the Labor tab with its original status and hours.