One of the most popular questions I am asked about QuickBooks Online is whether you can do job costing on QBO. Yes, you can do basic job costing in QBO. First, you need to know how to add jobs in QuickBooks Online. As always, I’ll share a step-by-step tutorial with you. For more QuickBooks Online Tutorials please visit http://www.5MinuteBookkeeping.com

1. How to Add Jobs in
QuickBooks Online
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2. One of the most popular
questions I am asked
about QuickBooks
Online

3. is whether you can do job
costing on QBO.

4. Yes, you can do basic job
costing in QBO.

5. First, you need to know
how to add jobs in
QuickBooks Online.

6. WHAT ARE JOBS?

7. Jobs are like projects.

8. You may do multiple
projects for a customer.

9. Some industries refer to
them as jobs or projects.

10. USING SUB-CUSTOMERS IN
QUICKBOOKS ONLINE

11. QuickBooks Online
actually doesn’t use
“jobs”.

12. It uses sub-customers.

13. It’s very easy to set up
sub-customers in QBO,
I’ll show you.

14. HOW TO SET UP JOBS IN
QBO

15. You can add sub-
customers (jobs) to the
customer list in QBO
from the Customer
Center.

16. To access the Customer
Center, click on
Customers from the Left
Navigation bar.

17. From the customer
center, Click New
Customer on the Upper
Right.

19. Refer to my tutorial on
how to add customers to
QuickBooks Online .

21. The Customer
Information window will
open.

22. First, set up the “Parent”
customer and save.

23. The Parent customer is
the customer name.

24. For example, the Parent
customer is the name of
the customer – Freeman
Sporting Goods.

26. Next, add the job as a
sub-customer. Click New
Customer on the Upper
Right.

27. Enter the job name in the
Company field.

28. Check the “Is Sub-
customer” box and
choose the “parent”
customer from the list

29. and indicate whether you
want to invoice the sub-
customer with the
parent.

31. Click Save when done.

32. Here is what jobs look like
in the customer list:

34. In this tutorial, I have
shown you how to add
jobs in QuickBooks
Online.

35. Adding jobs is the first
step in doing job costing
in QBO.

36. Try adding a few jobs to
your QBO customer list
and you’ll be on your
way to doing job costing.

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38. Have a great day ahead!
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