Client Invoice window
Main window
Labor tab
Expense & Consultant tab
Fixed Fee tab
Percent Complete tab
Unit Price tab
Percent of Construction Cost tab
Invoice Adjustments tab
Text & Amounts tab
Attachments tab
Notes tab
Main window
Entries
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This button opens different windows depending
on the billing type of the phase.
For fee-basedThe project or phase is contracted to bill for the value of the work performed, not for the actual time and expenses expended. These projects or phases are identified with a billing type of Fixed Fee, Percent Complete, Unit Price, or Percent of Construction Cost. phases, it opens the Worksheet Time and Expense Entries window, which
by default displays the transaction detail for billable work-in-progress (WIP).
You can view deferred, held, nonbillable, or written-off entries by clicking
(Change View).
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You can also view the transaction detail by right-clicking a fee-based
phase with billable WIP and clicking Entries. |
For time and expense phases, this button opens
the Noninvoiced Time and Expense Entries window, which by default displays
held and deferred entries. You can view nonbillable and written-off entries
by clicking the Change View button.
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Status
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The current status of the invoice
Draft
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The invoice is not ready to be sent to the client. It is open for new
transactions and you can make changes to it.
Ajera automatically creates a draft invoice when:
- You set up a project.
- You finalize an invoice
for a project that is not yet complete.
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Approved
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The invoice is approved and is waiting to be finalized. After you mark
an invoice as approved, Ajera marks any new billable transactions for
the invoice as Defer and does not attach them to the invoice.
This status is optional. You may choose to mark invoices as approved
if you plan to group approved invoices for viewing and printing.
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Hold
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The invoice is not ready to be sent to client and is in a pending state.
All new billable entries with a transaction date earlier than the cutoff
date are attached to the invoice. Otherwise, new transactions are given
a status of Defer and are not attached to the invoice.
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Final
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The invoice is complete. It was printed for sending to the client. An
invoice is only changed to a Final status when you print it as Final.
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Writeoff
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If you select to reduce the billed amount, the project-to-date billed
and the revenue on your financial reports is reduced by the amount you
are writing off. Otherwise, the amount is reflected on the project and
financial reports as a write-off.
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Reissue
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The invoice is already finalized and printed, but you need to issue
a new invoice to correct mistakes, or make other changes.
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Cutoff date
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All transactions later than the cutoff date
are given a status of Defer and automatically included on the next invoice
if within the new cutoff date. Any Defer transactions earlier than the
new cutoff date are changed to billable and attached to the invoice.
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Invoice date
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The date of the invoice. You cannot change
it if the status is Final or Write-off.
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Invoice number
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The invoice number. You cannot change it if
the status is Final or Write-off.
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Prepayments available
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View only - The prepayments available for the
invoice group
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Invoice amount
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The total amount of the invoice
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Labor tab
Status
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Billable
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Ready for billing and included on the invoice
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Defer
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Not included on the current invoice but automatically included on the
next invoice
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Hold
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In a pending state and not included on the current invoice
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Nonbillable
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Project-related but not being billed. The project still shows the cost
amount but no spent amount. The nonbillable costs are included on your
project reports when you select to show cost, and they affect the profit
calculation for the project.
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Write-off
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Reflected on the project and the financials as a write-off. The project
still shows the cost and spent amounts. When you write off an amount by
changing the status of the WIP item, it appears on your project and financial reports as a write-off.
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Date
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Transaction date. If you change it to be later
than the invoice cutoff date, Ajera removes the transaction from the invoice
and assigns it a status of Defer.
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Phase
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The phase of the project associated with the transaction
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Activity
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The activity of the transaction
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Employee
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View only - Employee who worked the time entered
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Hours
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The hours for the transaction that are billed. If you change it, the
change does not affect the hours worked.
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Billing rate
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The rate at which hours are billed. If you change a rate based on markups,
it becomes a flat rate.
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Billing amount
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The amount billed on the invoice for the transaction. If you change
an amount based on markups,
it becomes a flat rate. See Changing
the billed amount when printing markups as part of totals.
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Optional columns:
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Project
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The project associated with the invoice
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Can bill |
View only - If a check mark appears in this column, you can print this client invoice as Final and bill the client. If this column is not visible, click (Customize) and select the Can final bill check box.
If your billing rate tables are based on effective cost, you can invoice salaried time only after running payroll because this is when Ajera calculates the effective cost rates.
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Employee type
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The employee type used for billing
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Hours worked
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The hours for the transaction that were worked
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Hours type
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View only - Indicates if hours worked were regular or premium time, such
as overtime
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Cost rate
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View only - The cost rateThe rate that reflects the actual cost without overhead or profit. For labor, it is the per hour rate paid to an employee. For salaried employees, it is the salary divided by the number of standard hours in the pay period. For hourly employees, it is the regular pay rate. For expenses, it is the rate per unit for expenses, such as mileage and copies.
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Cost amount
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View only - The cost amountThe amount paid to employees for work performed, or the out-of-pocket costs to the company for expenses and consultants.
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Markup rate 1,2,3,4,5
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View only - The markupAn increase to a cost by a specified percentage to reflect direct personnel expense (DPE), overhead, and/or profit. The types of markups are cost markup, billing markup, and premium markup.
rates
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Write-off date
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The date a transaction is written off
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Sale tax amount
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The amount of sales tax
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Notes
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Any notes for the transaction
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Expense & Consultant
tab
Status
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Billable
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Ready for billing and included on the invoice
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Defer
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Not included on the current invoice but automatically included on the
next invoice
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Hold
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In a pending state and not included on the current invoice
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Nonbillable
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Not billable
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Writeoff
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Not billable
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Date
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View only - The transaction date
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Phase
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The phase of the project associated with the transaction
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Activity
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The activity for the transaction
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Vendor
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View only - The vendor associated with the transaction
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Units
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The units billed on the invoice
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Billing rate
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The rate at which unit are billed. If you change a rate based on markups,
it becomes a flat rate.
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Billing amount
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The amount billed on this invoice for this transaction. If you change
an amount based on markups, it becomes a flat rate. See Changing
the billed amount when printing markups as part of totals.
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Optional columns:
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Activity type
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View only - The activity of the transaction
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Project
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The project of the transaction
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Cost units
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The cost of the units. If you change the cost units, Ajera updates the
billed units.
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Unit description
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View only - A description of the units
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Cost rate
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View only - The cost rateThe rate that reflects the actual cost without overhead or profit. For labor, it is the per hour rate paid to an employee. For salaried employees, it is the salary divided by the number of standard hours in the pay period. For hourly employees, it is the regular pay rate. For expenses, it is the rate per unit for expenses, such as mileage and copies.
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Cost amount
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View only - The cost amountThe amount paid to employees for work performed, or the out-of-pocket costs to the company for expenses and consultants.
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Markup rate 1,2,3
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View only - The markupAn increase to a cost by a specified percentage to reflect direct personnel expense (DPE), overhead, and/or profit. The types of markups are cost markup, billing markup, and premium markup.
rates
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Write-off date
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View only - The date a transaction was written off
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Sales tax amount
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The amount of sales tax on the transaction
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Notes
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Any notes for the transaction
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Fixed Fee tab
Phase
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View only - The phase of the project associated with the transaction
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Contract amount
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View only - The contract amount for the transaction
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Billing amount
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The amount billed on the invoice for the transaction
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Optional columns:
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Activity type
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View only - The activity of the transaction
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Prior billed amount
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View only - The previously billed total for the phase and activity
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Total billed amount
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The billing amount plus the prior billed amount
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Sales tax amount
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The amount of sales tax on the transaction
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Contract remaining amount
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The amount of the contract available to bill
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Billable WIP
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The amount of billable work-in-progress associated with the invoice.
Any WIP with a status of Hold or Defer is not included.
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Notes
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Any notes for the transaction
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Percent Complete tab
Phase
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View only - The phase of the project associated with the transaction
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Contract amount
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View only - The contract amount for this transaction
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Percent to bill
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The percent of the contract amount billed on this invoice for the transaction
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Billing amount
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The amount billed on the invoice for the transaction
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Optional columns:
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Activity type
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View only - The activity of the transaction
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Prior percent billed
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View only - The percent of the contract amount that has already been
billed
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Prior billed amount
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View only - The previously billed total for the phase and activity
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Total percent billed
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The percent of the contract amount that has been billed for this phase
and activity
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Total billed amount
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The billing amount plus the prior billed amount
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Sales tax amount
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The amount of sales tax on the transaction
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Contract remaining amount
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The amount of the contract available to bill
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Billable WIP
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The amount of billable work-in-progress associated with the invoice.
Any WIP with a status of Hold or Defer is not included.
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Notes
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Any notes for the transaction
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Unit Price tab
Phase
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View only - The phase of the project
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Contract units
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View only - The number of units for the transaction
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Unit rate
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View only - The rate at which units are billed
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Contract amount
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View only - The contract amount for the transaction
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Billing units
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The number of units billed on the invoice for the transaction
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Billing amount
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The amount billed on the invoice for the transaction
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Optional columns:
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Activity type
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View only - The activity for the transaction
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Unit description
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View only - A description of the units
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Prior billed units
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View only - The number of units already billed for the phase and activity
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Prior billed amount
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View only - The previously billed total for the phase and activity
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Total billed units
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The billing units plus the prior billed units
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Total billed amount
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The billing amount plus the prior billed amount
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Sales tax amount
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The sales tax on the transaction
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Units remaining
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The number of units available to bill
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Contract remaining amount
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The amount of the contract available to bill
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Billable WIP
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The amount of billable work-in-progress associated with the invoice.
Any WIP with a status of Hold or Defer is not included.
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Notes
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Any notes for the transaction
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Percent of Construction
Cost tab
Phase
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View only - The phase of the project
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Contract amount
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Viewonly - The contract amount for the transaction
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Percent to bill
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The percent of the contract amount billed for the transaction
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Billing amount
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The amount billed on the invoice for the transaction
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Optional columns:
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Activity type
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View only - The activity type for the transaction
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Prior percent billed
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View only - The percent of the contract amount that has already been
billed
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Prior billed amount
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View only - The previously billed total for the phase and activity
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Total percent billed
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The percent of the contract amount for this phase and activity that
has already been billed
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Total billed amount
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The billing amount plus the prior billed amount
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Sales tax amount
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The sales tax on the transaction
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Contract remaining amount
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The amount of the contract available to bill
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Billable WIP
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The amount of billable work-in-progress associated with the invoice.
Any WIP with a status of Hold or Defer is not included.
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Notes
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Any notes for the transaction
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Invoice Adjustments tab
Adjustment
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The name of the adjustment. It cannot be changed.
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Activity type
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The activity type of the adjustment. It cannot be changed.
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Adjustment amount
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If you entered an amount, the field contains the amount of the adjustment you entered.
If you entered a percent, Ajera calculates it and enters the amount for you. If you then change the amount, Ajera displays a message to let you know that it can no longer automatically calculate the amount as the billed amount changes for the project. Ajera displays (m) in the heading of the Adjustment Amount column to indicate that you must now manually change the amounts for all percent-based adjustments listed on this tab.
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Optional columns:
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Adjustment type
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View only - Indicates if the adjustment is a flat amount or based on a percent
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Contract amount
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View only - The contract amount of the adjustment
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Prior billed amount
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View only - The previously billed total for the phase and activity
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Total billed amount
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The billing amount plus the prior billed amount
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Sales tax amount
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The sales tax on the adjustment
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Contract remaining amount
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View only - The amount of the contract available to bill
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Notes
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The text in this field prints on the invoice as a description for adjustments.
If this field is empty for all the adjustments, Ajera prints Invoice adjustment on the invoice. Otherwise, it prints the text you enter in this field for each adjustment.
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Text & Amounts tab
Invoice text:
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Header
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Enter text that you want to print on the invoice
below the client mailing address.
If you entered header text in the Company > Preferences > Billing
tab > Invoice Header Text field, that text appears in this field and
prints on client invoices for all projects, unless you change it here
for this invoice. (If you use multi-company, the header text is on the Billing/Payroll tab of the Company > Companies window.)
If you entered header text in the Setup > Projects > Project Info
tab > Invoice subtab > Header Text field, that text appears in this
field and prints on all client invoices for the project, unless you change
it here for this invoice.
You can reenter header text from the Project window by right-clicking
and selecting Refresh header text.
Either type the text or click
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line on the invoice, press the Enter
key where you want the first line to end.
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- If the header text
is longer than two full lines on the invoice, the fold line on the
invoice becomes misaligned with the address window on the envelope.
- Header text
prints on invoices only if the Print project
text check box is selected on the Invoice Format window.
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Footer
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Enter text that prints on only the last page of the invoice. You may choose to use it to print a holiday greeting or contract
information. There is no length limit.
If you entered footer text in the Company > Preferences > Billing
tab > Invoice Footer Text field, that text appears in this field and
prints on client invoices for all projects, unless you change it here
for this invoice. (If you use multi-company, the footer text is on the Billing/Payroll tab of the Company > Companies window.)
If you entered footer text in the Setup > Projects > Project Info
tab > Invoice subtab > Footer Text field, that text appears in this
field and prints on all client invoices for the project, unless you change
it here for this invoice.
You can reenter footer text from the Project window by right-clicking
and selecting Refresh footer text.
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Invoice amounts:
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Prepayment
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Enter the prepayment amount you want to apply to the invoice.
The prepayment amount available appears in the Prepayments Available field in the main window of the client invoice. You cannot apply more than the available amount.
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- If you use multi-company, you can apply only project prepayments. Go to Manage > Client Receipts > Existing tab to change any client prepayments to project prepayments.
- If you do not use multi-company, you can apply both project and client prepayments.
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Adjustment amount
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Any change you want to make to the final amount on the invoice, such
as a discount. Type a minus sign (-) to indicate a negative adjustment.
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Adjustment description
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A description for the adjustment
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Sales tax
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The amount of sales tax on the invoice
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Attachments tab
Category
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The category of the attachment
An attachment category is a group of files with similar characteristics
(for example, RFPs). You can set up categories if your
security settings give you access to them.
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Description
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The name of the attachment
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Added
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The date and time when the attachment was made
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Notes tab
This tab contains any notes about the client invoice.
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