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How to Track Your Hours Accurately for Billing Clients

Workers from various fields must track their hours so they know how to bill clients. It’s a process that is obviously very important, as it will determine the amount you are paid for your services relative to the hours you have worked, ensuring you are paid fairly

Without accurate data on the hours worked for a client, billing can become more time-consuming as you try to establish the amount of time you have worked on a certain project or service, and there’s no guarantee you get everything right – you may even end up losing money because of poor time management!

No person should ever go underpaid because they didn’t properly track their hours, but a chaotic work life can sometimes result in people forgetting to track their hours worked or simply making mistakes when doing so.

There are many working people that need to be accurately tracking their hours, including legal professionals, designers, developers and freelancers, and thankfully there are various resources out there that can make the process that bit easier.

Billing Timer Tracking Apps Thanks to the emergence of smartphone and tablet devices, various time tracking applications have been developed that can make tracking and billing hours so much easier. They allow you to track your hours no matter where you are, giving it quite the edge over previous software that was limited to desktop computers.

For example, Alpaka Punch is a simple yet effective billing timer that is great for small business owners and freelancers. It combines with similar web based software from Akpaka in which you can enter details about hours worked along with various other features.

You can review and edit hours input into both iOS and Android device, merge various sets of hours for a single bill, and combine data with calendars and timesheets, all of which is done through a simple interface and fully safeguarded to ensure data remains intact.

This can be done from virtually any location, making it especially useful for professionals whose hours involving travelling and commuting. It is just one example of many different billing timer tracking apps! Apps such as these allow you to automatically track data as and when you work, while also offering a host of other benefits such as dynamic billing rates, faster tracking speeds, and built in reports that will increase productivity and provide comprehensive data regarding your working hours and billing rates. Plus, every app boasts all manner of additional features and functions available depending on the app, so it should be possible to find something that suits you.

Each one offers their own pros and cons, with some being better suited for certain professions, but you regardless, you can be certain that these apps will allow for the easy accumulation and billing of hours worked.

Excel Timesheets When it comes to tracking hours, Excel is a staple that has been used by countless professionals for years.

One of the most useful aspects regarding excel is how familiar it is for most users – most people with a computer know how excel works, and for those that don’t it is very easy to pick up.

In fact, when it comes to creating a timesheet to track daily, weekly or monthly hours, you will not need to look far to find an appropriate template online. This allows you to quickly download a premade spreadsheet where all you need to do is input your hours as necessary.

Excel time sheets allow you to clearly see how many hours you have worked per day/week/month, and the formulas will mean you do not have to calculate anything yourself – just put in the number of hours worked and the rest is taken care for you!

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Alisa Jones .