Time and Billing Software for HR & Accountants

The most popular FREE cost accounting and timesheet system. Track billable and non-billable time, set hourly rates, and issue invoices to your customers.

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Software for HR & accountants

CPA firms often have a hard time running their businesses effectively — particularly billing their clients. They frequently manage several projects for multiple clients at once and charge differently for each. To prevent confusion and nonpayments, accountants should opt for a reliable time and billing software.

An effective accounting software should offer the following benefits:

How Clockify CPA time and billing software works

Clockify is a FREE time and billing software that CPA firms can use to track billable hours and bill their clients in a professional manner.

Learn more: Calculate billable rates
Step 1

Create account

To start tracking your billable hours and easily bill your clients in Clockify, the first thing you need to do is create an account.

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Step 2

Set up projects

Next, create custom projects. In Clockify, you can create an UNLIMITED number of projects, categorize them by clients, and create tasks on projects.

Set up projects for time and billing for CPA accountants
Step 3

Set hourly rates

Then, set hourly rates. You can set rates for each employee, project, or task, and choose what's billable and what's non-billable.

Set up hourly rates for accountant time and billing
Step 4

Track billable hours and fill timesheets

Now — sit tight and relax. Clockify will track your billable time and all you need to do is make sure the dollar sign is checked. You and your team can track time using a timer, or manually log your hours in a timesheet (via web, mobile, or desktop app).

Timesheet system for accountants

FREE billable hour calculator

Step 5

See and analyze time in reports

In order to see and analyze your tracked billable hours, go to Reports section where Clockify automatically includes billable hours in your earnings.

Run a report for any time period and get a detailed time and billing breakdown.

Export reports as: PDF, CSV, Excel.

Download report samples: PDFCSVExcel

Also, you can save the report in Clockify and send it as a shareable link to your clients so they can track your costs in real time.

PDF timesheet exports
Step 6

Create invoices

Finally, Clockify will automatically create invoices based on the billable time you've tracked in just a few clicks.

When your invoice is ready, you can download it and save it in PDF format to be easily shareable with your clients.

Invoice billable hours Learn more: Make invoices from time logs | Get invoice sample
Step 7

Send time to QuickBooks

Review and approve tracked time, and then send it directly to your QuickBooks account via the integration.

Send billable hours to QuickBooks for accounting

Send time to QuickBooks for payroll and accounting

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