Practice Manager - Automatic time tracking by client
Xero to automatically log the time you spend in each client and summarise monthly/ average 12 monthly.
No stop/start. 10 minute auto logout.
Advantages: no additional work for the user
Disadvantages: not an exact science.
Dean Robertson
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Jonathan Brigain CGMA, ACMA. CDir. CMgr
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Xero knows which client (Organisation) you are working in and what tasks you are carrying out based on what you are actually doing in Xero. It then follows that Xero can record this information against time and keep time sheets (track time) for employees and managers.
Background. Keeping timesheets manually is an almost impossible task and a massive bone of contention between employees and Accountancy practices. Most time sheets are completed retrospectively from memory and at best you get an estimate of times. Now that Xero and PM are consolidated on Xero HQ. It follows that you could automate time tracking for practices and timesheet recording for approval by employees.
This is an easy win that fits perfectly with Xero's process automation goals and massively benefits/supports loyal Xero Accountants.
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David Denkhaus
commented
ADD: Time tracking built into XERO for bookkeepers.
Its a hard sell to move hundreds of bookkeeping accounts to xero when there is no way to track our time within a clients file.
We are a large firm with 10,000+ tax clients and growing. We are trying to simplify time and billing, with over 1000+ bookkeeping clients spread out over half a dozen services and are trying to find more built-in solutions. I am quite surprised this isn't built into xero yet.