QuickBooks 2007 on Demand

8. Job Cost Estimating and Tracking

What You’ll Do

Set Jobs and Estimate Preferences

Set Up a Job

Use the Job Status Feature

Use the Job Type Feature

Use the Job Dates Feature

Use the Job Description Feature

Create an Estimate

Invoice Against an Estimate

Revise Estimates

Create a Work in Progress Report

If you use one of the QuickBooks versions that contains the job cost estimating feature, you can create estimates for your work and track income and expenses on a job-by-job basis. In fact, this is often the one feature that causes people to bypass the Simple Start version of QuickBooks over the other versions on the market.

An estimate is a bid or quote for a job. You create an estimate and then invoice the customer either at the completion ...