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ContractorsPA is the ideal mobile companion for contractors, free-lancers, project managers, anyone who requires a robust, easily managed solution to track the time and expenses involved in any Project.
Screens are easy to read; keystroking is minimized. You can literally tap your way to creating and saving data. A Time-based Allocation [a block of time worked, in hours] can require just two taps: one to create the basic data record, another to save it.
Time-based Categories describe how your time was spent, eg, Research or Programming. A Time-based Allocation requires a Project, the date, the relevant Category and amount of time spent. Time derives from an Hour+Minute spinner or directly from the Punch Clock.
Customizable Lists
ContractorsPA provides fully customizable lists for your Projects. Build different Time- and Expense-based Categories for each of your Projects.
Import Industry-Specific Categories
Import industry-specific sets of commonly-used Categories by sector (eg, Architect, Plumber, Painter) to supplement the default Time- and Expense-based Categories that accompany ContractorsPA.
Need more? Create an unlimited number of Categories that describe exactly how you work - and attach them to any specific Project to create customized Time- and Expense-based lists for that Project.
Invoice
Invoices are generated and embedded in an email or sent as an ASCII/text file. Export your data via an ASCII/tab-delimited file which can be imported into other applications, eg, Excel or Google Sheets.
Reports
The Reports screen provides four views: All, 1 Week, 4 Weeks and Custom. You can switch between Time and Expenses. Or view either in a Summary mode - all in a single screen.
Filtering
The scrolling data tables can hold many rows of data. Limit the rows to a single Client and/or Project with the Filtering feature, available on the Time, Expense and Report screens. Filtering is especially helpful when you have a Client with numerous Projects.
Settings & Preferences
Default settings include your Hourly Billing Rate (HBR), which each new Client inherits - and passes onto its individual, underlying Projects. The number of Client+Project relationships is unlimited - and HBRs can be different between your various Projects and Clients. You are NOT locked into a single HBR anywhere in CPA.
The spinner for Time allocations can be configured to various Minute-based increments. The Billing Rate Factor (BRF) adjusts the HBR for a particular Allocation on an as needed basis, eg, set the BRF to 2.0 for overtime work; or to 0.50 if you charge half-rate for travel to/from the job.
The No Charge setting tracks the time but does not charge your Client. The Issue Credit feature generates a refund.
You can assign a Minimum Charge, in Hours+Minutes, for any Project. This becomes the default amount of time spent for any new Time-based Allocation of that Project.
The number of allocations, Time- or Expense-based, is unlimited.
Double Billing
Double-billing is prevented through generated Invoice numbers; in effect, you cannot re-bill an already-Invoiced Allocation. Invoices can be removed if you need to re-Invoice Allocations.
Metrics
Metrics are provided for each Client and Project: # of Allocations (Time- and Expense-based), total Allocations, Allocations Invoiced and Allocations to-be-Invoiced.
Fee-based
ContractorsPA works effectively with fee-based or turn-key projects. For these fixed-fee jobs, track your hours to determine how much you are actually making, when you are over budget and how many hours remain to fulfill the fee-based obligation.
Help
Extensive help includes practical discussions in the About section, detailed Help topics and a quick-read Glossary. Help is replicated online, as well.
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