Job estimates vs. actuals detail report
Job estimates vs. actuals detail report
How do I create this report?
From the Reports menu, choose Jobs, Time & Mileage, and then Job Estimates
vs. Actuals Detail.
What this report tells you
This report shows how accurately your company estimated costs and revenues for the customer or job whose name you entered. The report
compares estimated and actual costs—and estimated and actual revenues—for each item that you billed. That way, you can see
which parts of the job you estimated accurately and which parts you did not.
The Est. Cost and Act. Cost columns compare the estimated cost to the actual cost for each item billed. If you use QuickBooks
payroll, the costs include salary and wages assigned to the job. If you also set up QuickBooks to include payroll expenses
pro-rated by job, the report includes those expenses as costs.
The Est. Revenue and Act. Revenue columns compare estimated revenue to actual revenue from each item billed.
The ($) Diff columns show the difference between the estimated and actual amounts. A negative amount in this column means that
the estimate was too high; a positive amount means that the estimate was too low.
To see a list of the transactions that make up an amount, double-click the amount.
Date range
Initially, the report covers all dates from your QuickBooks records. You can restrict the period covered by choosing a
different date range from the Dates drop-down list.
What do the different date ranges mean?
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